Naamah (Genesis)

Naamah, on the left with a child beside him (on the right his half-brother Jubal) in a bas-relief in Orvieto Cathedral

Naamah is mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22, as a descendant of Cain. She was the only mentioned daughter of Lamech and Zillah and their youngest mentioned child; her brother was Tubal-cain, while Jabal and Jubal were her half-brothers, sons of Lamech's other wife Adah. She is often conflated with or connected to Naamah of the Zohar, one of the first women to seduce the grigori and give birth to nephilim.

Quotes about

Bible

• Zillah bore Tubalcain, the forger, and forefather of those who forge things made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
  • Genesis 4:22 NKJV.

• Cain is the builder of the first city, the ancestor of farmers, musicians, blacksmiths, and perhaps courtesans (cf. v. 22), who provide for the comforts and pleasures of urban life. [...] The three castes of cattle breeders, musicians, and itinerant blacksmiths are linked to three ancestors whose names are assonant and recall the trades of their descendants: Jabal (jbl, “to lead”), Jubal (jôbel, “trumpet”), Tubal [...]. Naama, ‘the beautiful’, ‘the beloved’, could be the eponym of another ‘profession’ about which the text is silent.
  • Jerusalem Bible, in La Bibbia di Gerusalemme, Edizioni Dehoniane, Bologna, 1999, p. 43. ISBN 88-10-80526-7