Genesis 4:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

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  • Gen 5:18 : 18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens. 5 I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts. 6 I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees. 7 I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me. 8 I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides. 9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me. 10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward. 11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
  • Luke 17:28-29 : 28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building; 29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

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  • Gen 4:1-3
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    1 And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

    2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

    3 And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

  • Gen 4:15-16
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    15 And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

    16 And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

  • Gen 4:24-26
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    81%

    24 If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

    25 And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.

    26 And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.

  • Gen 4:18-19
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    18 And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

    19 And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

  • Gen 5:9-10
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    9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:

    10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 5:21-22
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    21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

    22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 4:8
    71%

    8 And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

  • Gen 5:12-13
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    12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:

    13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 5:3-4
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    3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

    4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

  • 1 Chr 1:3
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    3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

  • Gen 5:18-19
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    18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

    19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Luke 3:37
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    37 The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

  • Gen 5:6-7
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    6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

    7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 3:20
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    20 And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

  • Gen 6:1-2
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    1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

    2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.