Genesis 4:22

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And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

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Interpretation

One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two.

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This thought runs through Genesis 4:19-22.

Genesis 4:19 Genesis 4:20 Genesis 4:21 Genesis 4:22

Glossary

Zillah Person: Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain ( Gen. 4:19 , 22).