Genesis 4:17
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”Genesis 4:17
What Does Genesis 4:17 Mean?
Genesis 4:17 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 4, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 8 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (8)
These passages are connected to Genesis 4:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 49:11“Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.”Genesis 5:18“And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:”Ecclesiastes 2:4“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:”Daniel 4:30“The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?”Genesis 5:22“And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:”Genesis 11:4“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”2 Samuel 18:18“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.”Luke 17:28“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;”
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