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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Caïn connut sa femme; elle conçut, et enfanta Hénoc. Il bâtit ensuite une ville, et il donna à cette ville le nom de son fils Hénoc.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
τεκεν τὸν Ἐνώχ· καὶ ἦν οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἐνώχ“ (Gen. 4, 17). ἆρ’ οὐκ εἰκὸς διαπορῆσαι, τίνα ἔγνω γυναῖκα ὁ Κάιν; γένεσις γὰρ οὐδεμιᾶς ἄλλης μετὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς διαπλασθεῖσαν Εὔαν ἄχρι νῦν μεμήνυται γυναικός. εἰ δὲ φήσει τις…
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
ὁ ἀίδιος θάνατος. ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ Κάιν τὸν Ἐνὼχ γεγέννηκε καὶ αὖθις ἔκγονος τοῦ Σὴθ πάλιν Ἐνὼχ ὀνομάζεται (Gen. 4, 17. 5, 18), σκεπτέον ἂν εἴη πότερον ἑτέρους ἢ τοὺς αὐτοὺς εἶναι συμβέβηκεν. ἐρευνήσωμεν δ’ ἅμα τούτοις καὶ τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ὁμωνύμων διαφοράς. ὥσπερ γὰρ Ἐνώχ, οὕτω καὶ Μαθουσ…
Philo Judaeus
De Confusione Linguarum
νομα. ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὁ Κάιν υἱὸν γεννήσας, ὃν Ἐνὼχ ἐκάλεσεν, ὁμώνυμον αὐτῷ [καὶ] κτίζων εἰσάγεται πόλιν (Gen. 4, 17) καὶ τρόπον τινὰ τὰ γενητὰ καὶ θνητὰ οἰκοδομῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν θειοτέρας κατασκευῆς λαχόντων ἀνατροπῇ; ὁ γὰρ Ἐνὼχ ἑρμηνεύεται χάρις σου· τῶν δ’ ἀνοσίων ἕκαστος διάνοιαν μὲν…
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