Genesis 4:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Lamech took two wives; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.

Genesis 4:18

To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael; Mehujael became the father of Methusael, and Methusael became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 4:20

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who dwell in tents and keep livestock.

Genesis 4:23

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

2 Chronicles 24:3

Jehoiada provided him with two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Matthew 19:8

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