Genesis 4:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

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  • Gen 5:18 : 18 And Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and he had Enoch:
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And Enoch walked with God after he had Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's valley: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom's monument.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 I made great works; I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made gardens and orchards for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I made pools of water for myself, to water the forest that grows trees. 7 I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also, I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me. 8 I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments. 9 So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
  • Luke 17:28-29 : 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

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  • Gen 4:1-3
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    83%

    1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

    2And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

    3And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD.

  • Gen 4:15-16
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    15And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

    16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

  • Gen 4:24-26
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    81%

    24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.

    25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

    26And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 4:18-19
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    18And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begot Mehujael: and Mehujael begot Methusael: and Methusael begot Lamech.

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

  • Gen 5:9-10
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    73%

    9And Enos lived ninety years, and had Cainan:

    10And Enos lived after he had Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 5:21-22
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    72%

    21And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and had Methuselah:

    22And Enoch walked with God after he had Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 4:8
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    8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.

  • Gen 5:12-13
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    12And Cainan lived seventy years, and had Mahalaleel:

    13And Cainan lived after he had Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 5:3-4
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    3And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and had a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth:

    4And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he had sons and daughters:

  • 1 Chr 1:3
    68%

    3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

  • Gen 5:18-19
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    18And Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and he had Enoch:

    19And Jared lived after he had Enoch eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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

  • Gen 5:6-7
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    6And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and had Enos:

    7And Seth lived after he had Enos eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

  • Gen 3:20
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    20And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

  • Gen 6:1-2
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    1And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

    2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.