Genesis 4:17
And Kayin knew his isha; and she conceived, and bore Chanokh (Enoch); and he built an ir (city), and called the shem of the ir, after the shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of Eden.
Cross References
Genesis 5:22And Chanokh walked with HaElohim after he fathered Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
2 Samuel 18:18Now Avshalom in his lifetime had taken and erected for himself a matzevet (monument), which is in the Emek HaMelech; for he said, I have no ben to keep my shem in remembrance; and he called the matzevet after shmo; and it is called unto this day, Avshalomʼs Monument.
Psalms 49:12Their inward thought is 1 that their batim (houses) shall continue l'olam, 1 and their mishkenot (dwelling places) l'odor vador; 1 they call their lands by their shmot (names). 1
Daniel 4:30The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nevukhadnetzar, and he was driven from anashim, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eaglesʼ feathers, and his nails like birdsʼ claws.
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 →