Genesis 4:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 4:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
  4. Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  5. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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