Lamech married two women. One wife was named Adah, and the other wife was named Zillah.
Genesis 2:24 - Easy To Read Version That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. This way, two people become one. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt. 19:5; I Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31-33.] American Standard Version (1901) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Common English Bible This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. |
Lamech married two women. One wife was named Adah, and the other wife was named Zillah.
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A husband is happy and proud with a good wife. But if a woman makes her husband ashamed, then she is like a sickness in his body.
She married when she was young—but she left her husband. She forgot the marriage vows she made before God.
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\{I will give you an example:\}A woman must stay married to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, then she is made free from the law of marriage.
“You must respect the Lord your God and worship only him. Never leave him. When you make promises, you must use only his name.
So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, then our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.
You must continue to follow the Lord your God. You have done this in the past, and you must continue to do it.
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both Ahinoam and Abigail were David’s wives.