Genesis 4:19
“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 4Meaning
Lamech's household is introduced through his two wives, Adah and Zillah, before the achievements of their children and Lamech's violent boast.
Read carefully
Narration is not endorsement. The fact that Genesis records polygyny here does not by itself make the practice a universal divine prescription.
Reflection
The verse is part of a broader pattern in which Scripture can describe family structures honestly without turning every described practice into an ideal.