Genesis 4:17

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

Genesis 4:16

Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:18

Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 5:18

Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.

Genesis 5:22

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

2 Samuel 18:18

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.

Psalm 49:11

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

Psalm 49:12

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”