Verse | Translation | Text |
Ge 4:19 | Strong Concordance | And Lamech [03929] took [03947] unto him two [08147] wives [0802]: the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Adah [05711], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Zillah [06741]. |
King James | And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Lamech took unto him two wives--This is the first transgression of the law of marriage on record, and the practice of polygamy, like all other breaches of God's institutions, has been a fruitful source of corruption and misery. |