Genesis 4:17

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,—Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 forth from the presence of Yahweh,—and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.

18And there was born to Enoch Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,—and Mehujael, begat Methusael,—and Methusael, begat Lamech.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:22and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,—and begat sons and daughters;

2 Samuel 18:18But, Absolom, had taken, and raised up for himself, in his lifetime, the pillar that is in the king’s vale, for he said, I have no son, to keep in remembrance my name, so he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absolom’s monument unto this day.

Psalms 49:12But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word—Beasts, they resemble:

Daniel 4:30the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,—which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity 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 →

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