KJV 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.
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Genesis 4:17
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
ASV American Standard 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son—Enoch.
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
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וַיֵּ֤דַעH3045 · ya.dato knowקַ֙יִן֙H7014 · qa.yinKainאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִשְׁתּ֔וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanוַתַּ֖הַרH2029 · ha.rahto conceiveוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֲנ֑וֹךְH2585 · cha.nokhEnochוַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבֹּ֣נֶהH1129 · ba.nahto buildעִ֔ירH5892 · irexcitementוַיִּקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameהָעִ֔ירH5892 · irexcitementכְּשֵׁ֖םH8034 · shemnameבְּנ֥וֹH1121 · benson: childחֲנֽוֹךְ׃H2585 · cha.nokhEnoch
Cross-references
Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?Ecclesiastes 2:4-11I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:Psalm 49:11Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.Genesis 11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.Genesis 5:18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:Genesis 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:Luke 17:28-29Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
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