Genesis 4:15 (WEB)
The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
Catechism · 1
“Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its head in countless ways among Christians.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-15; 6:5, 12; Rom 1:18-32; I Cor 1-6; Rev 2-3.
Fathers and councils · 6
Eusebius of Caesarea
“In the ninth of those on Genesis, of which there are twelve in all, he states that not only the preceding eight had been composed at Alexandria, but also those on the first twenty-five Psalms and on Lamentations.” — editor's note: Of the commentary on Genesis, only some fragments from the first and third books are extant, together with some extracts (ἐκλογαί), and seventeen homilies…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Not without reason is there that Cain, on whom, when he had slain his brother, God set a mark in order that no one should slay him.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 15.
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Basil the Great
“You have asked for a solution of that famous passage which is everywhere interpreted in different senses, “Whosoever slayeth Cain will exact vengeance for seven sins.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 15, LXX.
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Jerome
“Gen. iv. 15, he understands to mean “the slayer of Cain shall complete the sevenfold vengeance which is to be wreaked upon him.”” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“And when Peter had put the question whether remission were to be granted to a brother seven times, “Nay,” saith He, “seventy-seven times;” in order to remould the Law for the better; because in Genesis vengeance was assigned “seven times” in the case of Cain, but in that of Lamech “seventy-seven times.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 15, 24.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“This, he says, is Cain, whose sacrifice the god of this world did not accept.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 15.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Letters Letter 36.
Cited together in Letters Letter 36.