Genesis 4:19

וַיִּֽקַּֽח ־ לוֹ לֶמֶךְ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת עָדָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית צִלָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

In Context

18וַיִּוָּלֵד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ אֶת ־ עִירָד וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת ־ מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת ־ מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל יָלַד אֶת ־ לָֽמֶךְ ׃

20וַתֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת ־ יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 2:24עַל ־ כֵּן יַֽעֲזָב ־ אִישׁ אֶת ־ אָבִיו וְאֶת ־ אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָֽד ׃

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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