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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 19

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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
King James Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
American Standard Version
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
New English Translation
Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
World English Bible
Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
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And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
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Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: