Genesis 4:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.”
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“And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 4:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- 2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
- Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Matthew 19:8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
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