Genesis 4:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
  • Matt 19:4-6 : 4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, 5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh? 6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.
  • Matt 19:8 : 8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.
  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

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    22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

    23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

    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.

  • Gen 4:17-18
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    17 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.

    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.

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    25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

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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.

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