Genesis 4:17
15 “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
18 Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city; and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
- BLB
- And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he began building a city, and he called the name of the city according to the name of his son, Enoch.
- ÅB
- Og Kain holdt seg til sin hustru, og hun ble fruktsommelig og fødte Hanok; og han tok seg for å bygge en by og kalte byen Hanok etter sin sønn.
- OTB
- Kain var intim med sin kone, og hun ble gravid og fødte Henok. Kain bygde en by, og han kalte den opp etter sin sønn Henok.
- B1930
- Og Kain holdt sig til sin hustru, og hun blev fruktsommelig og fødte Hanok; og han tok sig for å bygge en by og kalte byen Hanok efter sin sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:4–11
I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
Read in contextPsalms 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Read in contextGenesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
Read in contextLuke 17:28–29
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
Read in contextGenesis 11:4
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Read in context2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
Read in contextGenesis 5:22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
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