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19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:19 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 19-22)We have here some particulars concerning Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain. Observe, I. His marrying 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. Hitherto one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. From the beginning it was not so . Mal. 2:15 ; Matt. 19:5 . See here, 1. Tho...
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