Genesis 4:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.

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  • Gen 5:18 : 18 And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that `is' in the king's valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom' unto this day.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their heart `is': Their houses `are' to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards. 5 I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit. 6 I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees. 7 I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives. 9 And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. 10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour, 11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?
  • Luke 17:28-29 : 28 in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; 29 and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 4:1-3
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    1And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

    2and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

    3And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

  • Gen 4:15-16
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    15And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

    16And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

  • Gen 4:24-26
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    24For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

    25And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.

    26And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.

  • Gen 4:18-19
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    18And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.

    19And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

  • Gen 5:9-10
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    9And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

    10And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Gen 5:21-22
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    21And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.

    22And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Gen 4:8
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    8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

  • Gen 5:12-13
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    12And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.

    13And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Gen 5:3-4
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    3And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth `a son' in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

    4And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 1:3
    68%

    3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

  • Gen 5:18-19
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    18And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

    19And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth 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 Mahalaleel,

  • Gen 5:6-7
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    6And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

    7And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Gen 3:20
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    20And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

  • Gen 6:1-2
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    1And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

    2and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.