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17 Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch.
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Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
18 Enoch had Irad, Irad had Mehujael, Mehujael had Methushael, Methushael had Lamech.
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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.
19 Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah.
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Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
21 His brother's name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute.
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His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
22 Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
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Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
23 Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, listen to me; you wives of Lamech, hear me out: I killed a man for wounding me, a young man who attacked me.
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Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged seven times, for Lamech it's seventy-seven!
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If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
25 Adam slept with his wife again. She had a son whom she named Seth. She said, "God has given me another child in place of Abel whom Cain killed."
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. That's when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of God.
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.
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