Genesis 4:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Beginning of Civilization Cain was intimate with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.

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  • Gen 5:18 : 18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning“I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 Futility of Materialism I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees. 7 I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock– both herds and flocks– than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem. 8 I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight– a harem of beautiful concubines! 9 So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: 10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort. 11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”
  • Luke 17:28-29 : 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

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  • Gen 4:1-3
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    1The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”

    2Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

    3At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the LORD.

  • Gen 4:15-16
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    15But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

    16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  • Gen 4:24-26
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    24If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”

    25And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying,“God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

    26And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the LORD.

  • Gen 4:18-19
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    18To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

    19Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

  • Gen 5:9-10
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    9When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

    10Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

  • Gen 5:21-22
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    21When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

    22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

  • Gen 4:8
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    8Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

  • Gen 5:12-13
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    12When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.

    13Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.

  • Gen 5:3-4
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    3When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

    4The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters.

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

  • Gen 5:18-19
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    18When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

    19Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other 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 Kenan,

  • Gen 5:6-7
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    6When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.

    7Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

  • Gen 3:20
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    20The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

  • Gen 6:1-2
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    1God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

    2the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.