Bible Verses About Adah
This collection includes 8 passages about Adah. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
This collection is a starting point, not a count of every relevant passage in the Bible.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Lamech’s household; read the family account and his speech together.
Scripture Passages
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Lamech’s household; read the family account and his speech together.
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Lamech’s household; read the family account and his speech together.
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Reading context: This Adah is named in Esau’s family and the descendants of Eliphaz.
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Reading context: This Adah is named in Esau’s family and the descendants of Eliphaz.
These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Esau’s family and the descendants of Eliphaz.
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Esau’s family and the descendants of Eliphaz.
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Reading context: This Adah is named in Esau’s family and the descendants of Eliphaz.
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All 8 exact Adah mentions in English KJV are included. Genesis 4 names Lamech’s wife and Jabal’s mother; Genesis 36 names Esau’s wife and Eliphaz’s mother. These are different family settings and should not be joined into one biography. Lamech’s violent speech is a reported event, not advice to imitate.
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