Genesis 4:23

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“And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.”

Who are the two men killed by Lamech?
Records from ancient history records that Lamech did kill two men—his third-great grandfather Cain (“a man”), and Tubal-Cain (“a young man”), Lamech’s son (Gen 4:19, 22). The phrase “to my hurt” is best translated “who hurts me.”

Jewish tradition says that Lamech also killed the preacher of righteousness Enoch (Gen 5:24), but this is almost certainly not accurate. (See next explanation.)

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