Genesis 4:17

Cain slept with his wife and she conceived. She gave birth to Enoch. He built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16So Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

18To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Read all of Genesis 4

Cross References

Genesis 5:22Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah. He became the father of more sons and daughters.

2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom, while still alive, had built for himself a large stone pillar in the King's Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry along the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after his own name, so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day.

Psalms 49:12But man, having wealth, does not remain alive; 1 he is like the beasts that perish. 1

Daniel 4:30and he said, “Is this not the great Babylon, which I have built for my royal residence, for the glory of my majesty?”

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 4:17