Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he + 4:17 Or, was building.built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.
Cross References
Genesis 5:22And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
2 Samuel 18:18Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar + 18:18 Gr. in, or by.near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: + 18:18 Heb. and Alex. insert 'and he called the pillar after his own name.'and he called the pillar, Abessalom's + 18:18 Heb. idiom for 'place.'hand, until this day.
Psalms 49:12If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it.
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 →