1. Genesis 4:18 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the effect of Cain’s growing family?

Genesis 4:18 (ESV)

18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.

Cain’s genealogy extends to some man named Lamech, the seventh from Adam (for the contrast, see Jude 1:14–16). The contrast between the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed (see Genesis 3:15 and Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:15) is becoming more and more apparent, growing into a chasm.