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Genesis 4:18

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To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Genesis 4:18 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
  • 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.
  • NKJV To Ē´noch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
  • NASB Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
  • NLT Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Gen 36:2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
  • Gen 5:21Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (7)
CAINENOCHGENEALOGYIRADLAMECHMEHUJAELMETHUSAEL

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 4:18 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And unto Enochחֲנוֹךְwas bornיָלַדIradעִירָדand IradעִירָדbegatיָלַדMehujaelמְחוּיָאֵלand MehujaelמְחוּיָאֵלbegatיָלַדMethusaelמְתוּשָׁאֵלand MethusaelמְתוּשָׁאֵלbegatיָלַדLamechלֶמֶךְ
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