Genesis 4:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.

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  • Gen 5:18 : 18 Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch.
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: therfore they call landes after their owne names.
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 I made gorgious faire workes: I builded my houses, and planted vineyardes. 5 I made me orchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner of fruites. 6 I made pooles of water, to water the greene and fruitfull trees withall. 7 I bought seruauntes and maydens, and had a great housholde: As for cattel and sheepe, I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in Hierusalem. 8 I gathered together siluer and golde, and the chiefe treasures of kynges and landes: I haue prouided me men singgers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues. 9 And I was greater and in more worship then all my predecessours in Hierusalem: For wisdome remayned with me. 10 And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle. 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?
  • Luke 17:28-29 : 28 Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded: 29 But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 4:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1And Adam knewe Heua his wyfe, who conceauing bare Cain, saying: I haue gotten a man of the Lorde.

    2And she proceading, brought foorth his brother Habel, and Habel was a keper of sheepe, but Cain was a tyller of the grounde.

    3And in processe of dayes it came to passe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde, an oblation vnto ye lorde:

  • Gen 4:15-16
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    83%

    15And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.

    16And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.

  • Gen 4:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes.

    25Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe.

    26And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde.

  • Gen 4:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Unto ye same Henoch was borne Irad: Irad begat Mehuiael, Mehuiael begat Methusael, Methusael begat Lamech.

    19And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

  • Gen 5:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Enos lyued ninetie yeres, and begate Kenan.

    10And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth & fiftie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Gen 5:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres, & begate Methuselah.

    22And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.

  • Gen 4:8
    71%

    8And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.

  • Gen 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Kenan lyued seuentie yeres, and begate Mahalaleel.

    13And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hudreth & fourtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Gen 5:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth.

    4Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth yeres, and he begat sonnes and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 1:3
    68%

    3Henoh, Methusalah, Lamech.

  • Gen 5:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch.

    19And Iered liued after he begat Henoch, eyght hundreth yeres, & begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Luke 3:37
    68%

    37Whiche was the sonne of Mathusala, whiche was the sonne of Enoch, which was the sonne of Iared, whiche was the sonne of Maleleel, whiche was the sonne of Cainan:

  • Gen 5:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Seth lyued an hundreth & fyue yeres, and begat Enos.

    7And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.

  • Gen 3:20
    68%

    20And Adam called his wyfes name Heua, because she was the mother of all lyuyng.

  • Gen 6:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

    2And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.