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Genesis 4:19

Genesis chapter 4 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech.

v.19This passage

v.20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 19:8

    He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

  • Matthew 19:4

    And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

  • Genesis 2:24

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Genesis 2:18

    And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.