Thematic Bible: The family of the founder
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Cain knew his wife [one of Adam’s descendants] and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after the name of his son.
They named the city Dan, after Dan their forefather who was born to Israel (Jacob); however, the original name of the city was Laish.