Genesis 4:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.”
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“And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 4:26 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 26:25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
- Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- 1 Kings 18:24Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
- Psalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
- Isaiah 48:1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—
- Isaiah 63:19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
- Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
- Zephaniah 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Luke 3:38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Romans 10:13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- Ephesians 3:14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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