17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, (A)and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch.

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17 Cain made love to his wife,(A) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city,(B) and he named it after his son(C) Enoch.

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11 [a]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They (A)call their lands after their own names.

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  1. Psalm 49:11 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Their graves shall be their houses forever

11 Their tombs(A) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(B)
    though they had[b] named(C) lands after themselves.

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have

30 The king (A)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

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30 he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory(A) of my majesty?”(B)

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I made my works great, I built myself (A)houses, and planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made myself water pools from which to [a]water the growing trees of the grove. I acquired male and female servants, and had [b]servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me. (B)I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and [c]musical instruments of all kinds.

(C)So I became great and [d]excelled (D)more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And (E)this was my [e]reward from all my labor.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was (F)vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:6 irrigate
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit. sons of my house
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:8 Exact meaning unknown
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:9 Lit. increased
  5. Ecclesiastes 2:10 Lit. portion

I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself(A) and planted vineyards.(B) I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves(C) who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. I amassed silver and gold(D) for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.(E) I acquired male and female singers,(F) and a harem[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart. I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem(G) before me.(H) In all this my wisdom stayed with me.

10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
    I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
    and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
    and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(I)
    nothing was gained under the sun.(J)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

28 (A)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on (B)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

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28 “It was the same in the days of Lot.(A) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a [a]pillar for himself, which is in (A)the King’s Valley. For he said, (B)“I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:18 monument

18 During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley(A) as a monument(B) to himself, for he thought, “I have no son(C) to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

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And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (A)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (B)name for ourselves, lest we (C)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(A) so that we may make a name(B) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(C) over the face of the whole earth.”(D)

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22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch (A)walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.

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22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God(A) 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

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18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot (A)Enoch.

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18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.(A)

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