Genesis 4:18

And to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.

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In The King James Version

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

In Context

17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bore Enoch. And [Cain] built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 5:21And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.

Genesis 36:2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:17-19

The Family of Cain. ( b. c. 3875.) 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord , and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. We have here a further account of Cain, and what became of him after he was rejected of God. I. He tamely… Read the whole commentary →

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