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Genesis 4:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.Genesis 4:19 · King James Version
Genesis 4:19 in context
17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- LamechLemekLemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchsH3929 →
- wivesʼishshâha womanH802 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- AdahʻÂdâhAdah, the name of two womenH5711 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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We have here some particulars concerning Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain. Observe, I. His marrying two wives. It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who first transgressed that original law of marriage that two only should be one flesh. Hitherto one man had but one wife at a time;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-22