Adah (wife of Lamech)
Female
The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:19, 20, 23).
Relationships
Partners Lamech (descendant of Cain)
Key verses
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.
Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.