Holman Christian Standard Bible

Genesis 4:19-26 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19. Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

20. Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.

21. His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.

22. Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah.

23. Lamech said to his wives:Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.For I killed a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.

24. If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

25. Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

26. A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.