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Verse

RBT Translation:

And Lamech is taking to-himself a pair187 of women, the name of the One is Ornament, and the name of the Second is Shade.188

RBT Paraphrase:
And Powerful is taking for himself a pair of women, the name of the One is Adornment, and the name of the Second is Shade.
LITV Translation:
And Lamech took two wives to himself: the name of the first was Adah; and the name of the second was Zillah.
ESV Translation:
And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Footnotes

187

Hebrew dual-two שְׁתֵּ֣י

188

Adah means ornament or adorned (#5711) and Zillah means to grow dark (#6741) as in the evening.