Genesis 4:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah and of the other was Zillah.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second Zillah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

Genesis 4:19 Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 4:18

To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech.

Genesis 4:20

Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock.

Genesis 4:23

Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

2 Chronicles 24:3

Jehoiada got two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.