GEN 4:19 Parallel View

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ULT Then Lamech took for himself two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

UST When Lamech grew up, he married two wives. His first wife’s name was Adah, and his other wife’s name was Zillah.

BSB And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

OEB Lamech took two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

WEB Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

NET Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

LSV And Lamech takes to himself two wives, the name of the first Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

FBV Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was named Zillah.

T4T When Lamech grew up he married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.

LEB And Lamech took to himself two wives.[fn] The name of the firstwas Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

?:? Or “women”

BBE And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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

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

YLT And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

DBY And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.

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

WBS And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

KJB ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
(¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. )

BB And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.
(And Lamech took unto him two wives, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.)

GNV And Lamech tooke him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
(And Lamech took him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. )

CB And Lamech toke him two wyues: ye one was called Ada, & the other Zilla.
(And Lamech took him two wives: ye/you_all one was called Ada, and the other Zilla.)

WYC that took twei wyues, the name to o wijf was Ada, and the name to the tother was Sella.
(that took two wives, the name to o wife was Ada, and the name to the tother was Sella.)

LUT Lamech aber nahm zwei Weiber; eine hieß Ada, die andere Zilla.
(Lamech but took zwei women; one was_called Ada, the other Zilla.)

CLV Qui accepit duas uxores, nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella.[fn]
(Who accepit duas uxores, nomen uni Ada, and nomen alteri Sella.)

4.19 Qui accepit duas uxores, etc. ISID., ut supra. Notandum quod generationes ab Adam per Cain undenario terminantur, in quo transgressio signatur. Lamech namque septimus est, cui tres filii et una filia adduntur, ut undenarius impleatur, per quem peccatum significatur: nam et a femina clauditur generatio, quæ initium peccati fuit, per quod voluptas carnis, quæ resistit spiritui. Unde Nœma vocatur, id est, voluptas. In hac progenie Lamech primus contra morem, contra naturam, per bigamiam adulterium commisit.

4.19 Who accepit duas uxores, etc. ISID., as supra. Notandum that generationes away Adam per Cain undenario terminantur, in quo transgressio signatur. Lamech namque the_seventh it_is, cui tres children and una daughter adduntur, as undenarius impleatur, per which peccatum significatur: nam and a femina clauditur generatio, which initium peccati fuit, per that voluptas carnis, which resistit spiritui. Unde Nœma vocatur, id it_is, voluptas. In hac progenie Lamech primus contra morem, contra naturam, per bigamiam adulterium commisit.

BRN And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.

BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ δύο γυναῖκας· ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ, Ἀδά· καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ, Σελλά.
(Kai elaben heautōi Lameⱪ duo gunaikas; onoma taʸ mia, Ada; kai onoma taʸ deutera, Sella. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּֽקַּֽח ל֥⁠וֹ לֶ֖מֶךְ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים

and=he/it_took to=him/it Lemek two(fd) women/wives

In this context, the phrase took for himself is an idiom that means “married”. Consider whether or not your language has a similar idiom. Alternate translation: “Then Lamech grew up, and he chose two women to be his wives.” or “When Lamech grew up, he married two women.”

שֵׁ֤ם הָֽ⁠אַחַת֙ עָדָ֔ה

name_of the=one(f) ˊĀdāh

Alternate translation: “His first wife was named Adah,”

וְ⁠שֵׁ֥ם הַ⁠שֵּׁנִ֖ית צִלָּֽה

and=name_of the=second(fs) Tsillāh/(Zillah)

Alternate translation: “and his second wife was named Zillah.”

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