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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 20

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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
King James Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
American Standard Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.
New English Translation
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
World English Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
21
And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22
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.
24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25
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.
26
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;
2
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
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And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: