Genesis 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 4:18 in other translations
| BSB | Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech. |
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| WEB | Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech. |
| ASV | And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech. |
| YLT | And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech. |
| DARBY | And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lemech. |
| BBE | And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech. |
| Webster | And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. |
What does Genesis 4:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 4:17-22
17-22. builded a city--It has been in cities that the human race has ever made the greatest social progress; and several of Cain's descendants distinguished themselves by their inventive genius in the arts.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 4:16-18
Cain cast off all fear of God, and attended no more on God's ordinances. Hypocritical professors, who dissemble and trifle with God, are justly left to themselves to do something grossly scandalous. So they throw off that form of godliness to which they have been a reproach, and of which they deny the power. Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and we never find that he came into it again, to his comfort…
Genesis 4:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 4:18
- Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
- Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
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Context
- Genesis 4:17
And 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.
- Genesis 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
- Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á Henoch nació Irad, é Irad engendró á Mehujael, y Mehujael engendró á Methusael, y Methusael engendró á Lamech. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et à Hénoc naquit Irad; et Irad engendra Mehujaël; et Mehujaël engendra Methushaël; et Methushaël engendra Lémec. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und dem Hanoch wurde Irad geboren; und Irad zeugte Mehujael, und Mehujael zeugte Methusael, und Methusael zeugte Lamech. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porro Henoch genuit Irad, et Irad genuit Maviaël, et Maviaël genuit Mathusaël, et Mathusaël genuit Lamech. |