18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-18)We have here a further account of Cain, and what became of him after he was rejected of God. I. He tamely submitted to that part of his sentence by which he was hidden from God’s face; for (Gen. 4:16) he went out from the presence of the Lord , that is, he willingly renounced God and religion, and was content to forego its privileges, so that he might not be under its precepts. He forsook Adam’s f…
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