Holy Scripture
Genesis 4:18
A church father on this verse
“That Cain remained alive until the seventh generation is clear. First, … it had been so decreed concerning him. Second, the length of the lives of those first generations also testifies to it. For if his father Adam remained alive until the ninth generation, that of Lamech, and was gathered from the world in the fifty…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
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16So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Eden.
17And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
— Genesis 4:18 —
19And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
20And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.