Genesis 4:17

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Summary

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.

Enoch

Genesis 5:18

And he

The name

2 Samuel 18:18

Psalm 49:11

Bible References

Enoch

And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

And he

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

The name

Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.