Genesis 4:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ”

Genesis 4:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך ch e nôk , Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ ı̂yrād , ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל m e chûya'el , Mechujae...
Genesis 4:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Lamech took unto him (q) two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. (q) The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be one flesh, was first co...
Genesis 4:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Cainite and Sethite Genealogies. Genesis 4:17-24 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the human race is derived...
Genesis 4:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

two. The first polygamist.
Genesis 4:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And Lamech took unto him two wives. We have here the origin of polygamy in a perverse and degenerate race; and the first author of it, a cruel man, destitute of all humanity. Whether he h...
Genesis 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Lamech took - two wives - He was the first who dared to reverse the order of God by introducing p...
Genesis 4:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamech took unto him two wives, &c.— This account of Lamech has been the subject of much inquiry; and indeed it is very difficult to be understood. "That Lamech had used force against some othe...
Genesis 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Lamech took unto him two wives. The irreligious and sensual character of the Cainites reach...
Genesis 4:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cain and Abel. The Descendants of Cain The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in the human race, and speedil...
Genesis 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(19-22) Lamech took unto him two wives. — Whether polygamy began with Lamech is uncertain, but it is in keeping with the insolent character of the man. The names of his wives bear testimony to the...
Genesis 4:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1-26 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His object is to write the his...
Genesis 4:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Cain's Career Genesis 4:9-26 God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is thy brother?” We are our brother's keepers. All related to us, within our reach,...
Genesis 4:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the see...
Genesis 4:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN EARLY CHAUVINIST ‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc. Genesis 4:19-24 Here we have I. A violator of the Divine law of marriage. —Monogamy was the Divine law of marriage, and in al...
Genesis 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Lamech took unto him two wives ,.... He was the first we read of that introduced polygamy, contrary to the first institution of marriage, whereby only one man and one woman were to be joined tog...
Genesis 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Ver. 19. Lamech took unto himself. ] As his own lust led him, not caring for consent of parent...
Genesis 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamech took two wives It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who first transgressed the original law of marriage, that two only should be one flesh , and introduced a custom which still subsist...
Genesis 4:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain, which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who...
Genesis 4:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Family of Lamech. B. C. 3875. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of t...
Genesis 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamech, the wicked branch of that cursed root of Cain, took unto him two wives, against God's first institution, Genesis 2:24 Zechariah 2:15 , and without God's leave.
Genesis 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Lamech took two wives, the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.' Here we have the first suggestion of someone having more than one wife. It may have been a boast to L...
Genesis 4:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:23 . Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may perhaps thus approach the metrical cast of the origin...
Genesis 4:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced...
Genesis 4:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:1 . I have gotten. קניתי kaniti, from the root kana, he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word created....
Genesis 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Built a city The first city It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of building a city was first conceived and realized. The roaming life of the homeless savage was aban...
Genesis 4:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:17 Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find, relief from the gnawing agonie...
Genesis 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Passover and the offering which Followed It These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. This instruction was ca...
Genesis 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

two wives. Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:24 Matthew 19:4-6 Matthew 19:8
Genesis 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Lamech took two wives — It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who first transgressed that original law of marriage, that two only should be one flesh. Jabal was a famous shepherd; he deligh...

Genesis 4:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes