Genesis 4:19

Modern English Version

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

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 suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 4:18

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

Genesis 4:20

Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Genesis 4:23

Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, and listen to my speech. For I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man who hurt me.

2 Chronicles 24:3

And Jehoiada gave Joash two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Moses, for the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.