Genesis 4:17–26

Cain’s Ten Descendants—Cain to Lamech

¹⁷Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son. ¹⁸To Enoch was born Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael. And Methushael was the father of Lamech. 

¹⁹Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. ²⁰Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock. ²¹His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person to play the harp and the flute. ²²Zillah also had a son, Tubalcain, who made bronze and iron tools. Tubalcain’s sister was Naamah. 

²³Lamech said to his wives, 

“Adah and Zillah, listen to me! 

Wives of Lamech, hear what I say! 

I killed a man for bruising me, 

a young man for wounding me. 

²⁴If Cain is avenged 7 times, 

then Lamech, 77 times.” 

Adam’s Godly Descendants—Adam to Enosh

²⁵Adam made love to his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because ⸤she said,⸥ “God has given^ame another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” 

²⁶A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.