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Adah
Adah is the wife of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, in Genesis 4, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal. Genesis 36 also mentions a wife of Esau who bears the same name.
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- Eliphaz (Son of Esau)People
Eliphaz was the firstborn son of Esau by his wife Adah. He appears in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1, which record him as the father of Amalek and the ancestor of several Edomite chiefs.
- JubalPeople
Jubal is a descendant of Cain named in Genesis 4, the son of Lamech and Adah. Scripture describes him as "the father of all such as handle the harp and organ."
- JabalPeople
Jabal is a figure in the line of Cain recorded in Genesis 4, the son of Lamech and Adah. Scripture describes him as "the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle."
- ZillahPeople
Zillah is a woman mentioned in Genesis 4. She was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah.
- Naamah (Daughter of Lamech)People
Naamah is a woman named in the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4. She was the daughter of Lamech and Zillah and the sister of Tubal-cain. The Bible mentions her by name only once, in Genesis 4:22.
- Song of LamechBible
The Song of Lamech is a short poem in Genesis 4:23–24 in which Lamech, a descendant of Cain, tells his two wives that he has killed a man and boasts that his vengeance will far exceed Cain's.
- Tubal-cainPeople
Tubal-cain is a descendant of Cain named in Genesis 4, the son of Lamech and Zillah, who made various implements of bronze and iron. He is the first figure in Scripture associated with metalworking.
- Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cainPeople
Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain are the three sons of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, who appear in Genesis 4. They are presented as the originators of herding, music, and the making of metal implements, respectively.
- Lamech (Descendant of Cain)People
Lamech is a descendant of Cain who appears in Genesis 4 and belongs to the seventh generation from Adam. He is known for taking two wives and for the so-called "Song of Lamech," a poem celebrating vengeance.
- Genesis 36Bible
Genesis 36 is a genealogy recording the wives and descendants of Esau (Edom), his move to Mount Seir, the Horites who lived in that land before him, and the eight kings and the chiefs of Edom.
- Amalek (son of Eliphaz)People
Amalek was the son of Eliphaz, Esau's firstborn, by Eliphaz's concubine Timna. He was one of the chiefs of Edom and is traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Amalekites.