KJV King James Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
WEB World English Bible
Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
ASV American Standard Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
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.
21 And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
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Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Matthew 19:4-6And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,Matthew 19:8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.Genesis 2:18And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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