Zillah


Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; / you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say - Genesis 4:23

A wife of Lamech.

And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Lamech said to his wives:

  • Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
  • you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
  • I have killed a man for wounding me,
  • a young man for striking me.
  • If Cain's revenge is sevenfold,
  • then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold.”

(Genesis 4:19-24)