Who
Of the line of Cain (Genesis 4). Named as son of Cain and father of Irad (Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:18).
Generated from the genealogies; a fuller description is still to be written.
Key verses
- Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 4:18
Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Where the Bible names him
Family
- Parents
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Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him.
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.1
Of the Two Lines of the Human Race Which from First to Last Divide It. Of the bliss of Paradise, of Paradise itself, and of the life of our first parents there, and of their sin and punishment, many have thought…
- Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 4
Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's Application of that Primal Type to Christ and the Church. Chapter V.—Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle’s…
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.8
What Cain’s Reason Was for Building a City So Early in the History of the Human Race. Chapter 8.—What Cain’s Reason Was for Building a City So Early in the History of the Human Race. At present it is the history…
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.17
Of the Two Fathers and Leaders Who Sprang from One Progenitor. Since, then, Adam was the father of both lines,—the father, that is to say, both of the line which belonged to the earthly, and of that which belonged to…
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21
The answer to the question raised. Serenus: You have propounded two not unimportant questions, to which I will reply, to the best of my ability, in the order in which you have raised them. We cannot possibly believe…
- Jerome, Letters Letter 46
Paula and Eustochium to Marcella. Jerome writes to Marcella in the name of Paula and Eustochium, describing the charms of the Holy Land, and urging her to leave Rome and to join her old companions at Bethlehem. Much…
- Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 72
1. “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm’s title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaketh…