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Adah

Portrait of Adah

Adah was a daughter of Cainan and sister of Mahlallel, Enan, Mered, and Zillah. Lamech took her as one of his two wives and she bore him a son named Jabal. She is also named as the wife of Esau who conceived and bore him a son named Eliphaz when Esau was sixty-five years old.

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Wife Daughter Mother Cainan Lamech Esau

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Adah in Jasher 2

The Book of Jasher 2:16

And these are the names of the children of Cainan; the name of the first born Mahlallel, the second Enan, and the third ...

A16nd these are the names of the children of Cainan; the name of the first born Mahlallel, the second Enan, and the third Mered, and their sisters were Adah and Zillah; these are the five children of Cainan that were born to him.

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Adah in Jasher 2

The Book of Jasher 2:17

And Lamech, the son of Methusael, became related to Cainan by marriage, and he took his two daughters for his wives, and...

A17nd Lamech, the son of Methusael, became related to Cainan by marriage, and he took his two daughters for his wives, and Adah conceived and bare a son to Lamech, and she called his name Jabal.

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Adah in Jasher 2

The Book of Jasher 2:35

And he said to his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice O wives of Lamech, attend to my words, for now you have imagined...

A35nd he said to his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice O wives of Lamech, attend to my words, for now you have imagined and said that I slew a man with my wounds, and a child with my stripes for their having done no violence, but surely know that I am old and grey-headed, and that my eyes are heavy through age, and I did this thing unknowingly.

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