Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Genesis 4:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah and of the other was Zillah. American Standard Version (1901) And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Common English Bible Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second Zillah. Catholic Public Domain Version Lamech took two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella. |
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Me-huja-el, and Me-huja-el the father of Me-thusha-el, and Me-thusha-el the father of Lamech.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
He said to them, “For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.