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Genesis 4:18

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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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  1. Genesis 36:2Rank 1 from verse 18
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    2Esau 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;

  2. Genesis 5:21Rank 2 from verse 18
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    21¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

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Genesis 4:18

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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4:16¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

4:17And 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.

4:18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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