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While Naamah was yet a child, great consternation fell upon the seed of Cain, for Irad the son of Enoch, the son of Cain had become a member of the secret combination and was privy to all its secrets until one night when the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, Irad, thou hast done evil instead of good and hast followed after Satan rather than God; wherefore I shall destroy thee and thine house when I send in the floods upon the earth.
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But Irad was pricked in his heart and pled with the Lord to show mercy and preserve his seed through the great flood.
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Seeing that his penitence was true, the Lord said to him, Irad, if thou wilt repent and reveal the evils of the secret combination unto the sons of Seth, I will have mercy upon thee and I will join thy seed unto the seed of Seth that it may be preserved through the great flood.
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Wherefore, Irad went forth and began to reveal the secrets of the sons of Cain unto the sons of Seth.
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Lamech, being Master Mahan at that time, found Irad sitting in his garden with Joram, the young son of Irad, and slew him.
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Thus Lamech slew Irad for the sake of the oath of the secret combination and he slew Irad’s son with him.
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But Tubal Cain, the son of Lamech, had followed him and viewed his evil deed which he had committed and he revealed it unto his mother Zillah and she unto her sister Adah.
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Wherefore, Adah and Zillah confronted Lamech with his evil and cursed him in the name of the Lord for having slain Irad who had repented of his wickedness from among the sons of men.
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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.
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If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech shall be seventy and seven fold.
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Lamech’s wives, therefore, feared to confront him further, but Lamech repented not of his evil deeds and finding his son Tubal Cain at prayer he slew him for having revealed his murders.
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When Adah and Zillah, the wives of Lamech, learned of this, they took their remaining sons and daughters and went unto their father Cainan’s city and revealed the remainder of the secrets of this evil combination among the sons of Adam.
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Thus did Naamah come to dwell among the sons of Adam and she grew up before the Lord in righteousness and was known for her tender care toward the sick and the unfortunate.
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Nevertheless, she had no husband because she was of the forbidden race.