Genesis 4:19
Good News Translation
Lamech had two wives, Adah and Zillah.

New Revised Standard Version
Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Contemporary English Version
Lamech married Adah, then Zillah.

New American Bible
Lamech took two wives; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

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Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

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Genesis 2:18,24 And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself. . . .

Matthew 19:4-6,8 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said: . . .

Context
The Descendants of Cain
18And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech, 19Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.20And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Genesis 4:18
And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech,

Genesis 4:20
And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.

Genesis 4:18
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