Genesis 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 4:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 5:18When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- Genesis 5:22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 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.”
- 2 Samuel 18:18During 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.
- Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- Daniel 4:30the 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?”
- Luke 17:28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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