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Genesis 4:19

Genesis 4:19 is verse 19 of Genesis chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

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

Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

Genesis 4:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 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.

20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 2:18
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Matthew 19:4
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Matthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Matthew 19:8
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.