Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
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- Gen 2:24 : 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
- Matt 19:4-6 : 4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- Matt 19:8 : 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
- Gen 2:18 : 18 The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”
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- Gen 4:22-254 verses84%
22Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
23Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me.
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.”
- Gen 4:17-182 verses80%
17The 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.
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.
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20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
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28When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
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2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
- Gen 5:30-312 verses71%
30Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.
31The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.
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3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- Gen 5:25-262 verses70%
25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Gen 6:1-22 verses69%
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.
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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.
- Gen 4:1-22 verses68%
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.
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9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
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9By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,
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29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.