Old Testament
Adah
Adah is a name shared by one of Lamech's wives and one of Esau's wives in Genesis.
The name Adah appears twice in Genesis for two distinct women. The first Adah was a wife of Lamech and mother to Jabal and Jubal. The second Adah was a daughter of Elon the Hittite and one of the wives of Esau, identified as the mother of Eliphaz.
In the text
- Verses
- 9
- Books
- 1
- First appears
- Genesis 4:19
- Last appears
- Genesis 36:16
Where Adah appears
9 verses · 3 chaptersIn the same books
- Ephron10 versesA Hittite landowner who sold the cave of Machpelah to Abraham for the burial of Sarah.
- Mamre10 versesAn Amorite chieftain who was an ally of Abram and provided land for his encampment near Hebron.
- Laban45 versesThe brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel who became Jacob's father-in-law and employer.
- Leah32 versesThe eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, who became the mother of six of Israel's twelve tribes.
- Rebekah30 versesThe wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
- Hagar12 versesAn Egyptian handmaid to Sarah who bore Ishmael to Abraham and experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
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