Genesis 4:17 “And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth…”

Genesis 4:17

And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Kain also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henoch: and he built a citie, and called the name of the citie by ye name of his sonne, Henoch.

Darby Translation

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city; and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

Young's Literal Translation

and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son — Enoch.

Bible in Basic English

And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

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Cross references

“Enoch”

Genesis 5:18 Genesis 5:22

Genesis 5:18 · BSB

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

Genesis 5:22 · BSB

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

“and he”

Ecclesiastes 2:4–11 Daniel 4:30 Genesis 11:4 Luke 17:28 Luke 17:29

Ecclesiastes 2:4–11 · BSB

I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

Daniel 4:30 · BSB

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Genesis 11:4 · BSB

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Luke 17:28 · BSB

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Luke 17:29 · BSB

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

“the name”

Psalm 49:11 2 Samuel 18:18

Psalm 49:11 · BSB

Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

18Now 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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