Did Adam, (the first man) have another wife before Eve? What is her story?

Answer 1

The Story of Lilith is this - that she was created just as Adam, directly of the breath of God - not from Adam's side as was Eve. In some accounts she rejects Adam because he does not respect her as an equal. The idea that she is banished is incorrect - she calls out Gods name to repel Adam as she struggles with him and he is stunned by the power of that name, then she leaves Eden because she is filled with fury and anger towards Adam.

Note that Lilith and all her descendents are therefore free of the "original sin" of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and are -not- banished from the garden.

Eventually Adam complains to God that he is lonely - in response to the prayer of Adam, God sends out angels to grant his prayers. The angels attempt ask Lilith to return but She refuses. Since God has given her free-will, the angels are forbidden to interfere with her decision but they must do as God has commanded them. As she rests in the waters of the sea, the angels cause her to give birth to 100 children each day, (perhaps this was an alternate solution? an attempt to alleviate Adam's loneliness?). She elects to kill her own children out of spite, and in frustration the angels place curses upon her saying she must kill all her children until she returns. If she was to return to Eden the curse would be broken. One angel attempted to break her resistance by hiding some of her children - transforming them into monsters so she does not recognize them, for this reason Lilith is called the mother of demons, djinn, witches, etc.

Answer 2

Why are people getting so pissed off at this question?

I heard one story, I dunno if it's any truer than the usual one, but it's about Adam having three wives, and each wife explaining the different types of woman today.

The first wife (who had no name) was created at the same time as Adam, and therefore saw no need to be subservant to him. Adam refused to love her because she was too dominant (and that's where strong-willed women come from today).

The second wife, Lillith, was made from Adam's rib, but Adam watched her being made. First the skeleton, the organs, the veins, the muscles, the blood, the flesh, and then the skin. He was so disgusted by her (haven seen her being built from scratch) that he refused to go anywhere near her (and that's where sheepish women come from today).

The third wife was made from dust, but first Adam was put in to a deep sleep. The third wife, Eve, was absolutely perfect and Adam fell in love with her and begat little kiddie-winks (and that's where motherly women come from today).

I don't know if any of it's true, but it makes as much sense as the story that's generally accepted.

Answer 3

Eve was Adam's only wife. Hey That's it I'm done, You said Adam had a wife before EVE, you have no facts whatsoever, You said they argued in the Garden, another false ideal, How can they argue when SIN has not even intered into the picture yet, Arguments is control by satan, So why do you think there was sin before Adam & Eve. There was no sin before Adam & Eve, so that knocks out your very long theory.

Answer 4

In ancient times, the presence of two distinct accounts was noted, and regarded with some curiosity.
The first account says male and female [God] created them, which has been assumed by critical scholars to imply simultaneous creation, whereas the second account states that God created Eve from Adam's rib because Adam was lonely. Thus to resolve this apparent discrepancy, mediaeval rabbis suggested that Eve and the woman of the first account were two separate individuals.

Preserved in the Midrash, and the mediaeval Alphabet of Ben Sira, this rabbinic tradition held that the first woman refused to take the submissive position to Adam in sex, and eventually fled from him, consequently leaving him lonely. This first woman was identified in the Midrash as Lilith, a figure elsewhere described as a night demon.

The word liyliyth can also mean "screech owl", as it is translated in the King James Version of Isaiah 34:14, although some scholars take this to be a reference to the same demonic entity as mentioned in the Talmud.

Answer 5

The story of Lilith was invented to reconcile the inconsistencies between the first and second chapters of Genesis. If you remember, the first chapter has him creating man and woman together on the sixth day. The second chapter has the more detailed Eve-from-a-rib story. So the story arose that the first time, God created Adam and Lilith. However, because Lilith was created at the same time as Adam, she believed herself to be equal to him - even to the point of demanding the top position during sex (can you imagine!) So she was banished to become a demon, and God created Eve from Adam's rib.

Today many believe that Lilith tries to kidnap boy babies - many orthodox Jews refuse to cut the hair of boys until they are two or three years old so that Lilith will think they are girls.

Answer 6

There's a tradition that Adam had another wife, called Lilith. It's not in the Bible, so I don't know where this story came from. It's quite possible, though, that Adam took a second wife later on. Perhaps this happened and she wasn't mentioned in the writings, but was remembered just in the oral tradition..

Answer 7

Pls tell me where u heard such and idiotic story since in all the histories of all the bibles that exist whatever version, claim Adam to be the first man and Eve the first woman taken from his rib and the mother of all mankind. Don't be gullible about all that u hear or read look at the source and decide whether they r credible enough for u to make up ur own mind.

That's it I'm Done's explanation and knowledge is beyond compare and the story is very good reading and I admit intriguing. But I'll stick to the version in all bibles as Eve being the very first woman and Lilith being the demon she is, half human and half creature therefore not making her a full human being but an abomination of the evil one to seduce and confuse men. Thank God I have a mind of my own.

Answer 8

Adam(pbuh) was the first man & Eve(pubh) was the first woman on this earth. Obviously Eve(pubh) was only wife.

Answer 9

Yes Lilith according to the Gnostic Old Testament, the Ethiopian Bible and the Tulmud, she is also mentioned in the Qu'ran and supposedly features in the Dead Sea scrolls as visiting Jesus as a winged demon who tries to seduce him, she is also featured in Jewish traditional stories. She was created at the same time as Adam as an equal. When she lay with him she refused to go underneath as she said she was created equal and she scorned Adam. He asked to God to have another bride so God created Eve from Adam's ribs and banished Lilith to the Land of Nod and made her sterile. Eve although created from Adam's side was created from him showing her lessor role and Lilith was banished as a lessor creation from Holy Books and symbolised the fact that women were not created equal and for a woman to challenge this order was going against the law of nature and of God. The position with man on top also exemplifies the natural state of the world so Missionaries adopted this position as the normal Christian way of intercourse, which they spread to converts. Feminists have adopted her as going against the opressive order but most modern middle eastern religions have exorcised her from their religious works.

Answer 10

"According to Hebrew legend, the first woman God created
as a companion for the first man Adam was a strong-willed lady
named Lilith. (See Graves and Patai's Hebrew Myths and Reuther's
Womanguides.) As both had been created from dust, Lilith considered
herself equal to Adam. (They differed anatomically, of course,
with the Bible referring to a male as one who 'pisseth against
the wall' [1 Sam. 25:34; 1 Kings 14:10; 21:21].) Lilith objected
to having to lie beneath Adam during sexual intercourse, but Adam
would have it no other way. Lilith up and left him, winding up
in rabbinic tradition as a baby-killing demoness who seduces sleeping
men. Lilith is mentioned in Isa. 34:14, though the KJV renders
lilith as 'screech owl.' This first wife of Adam may safely be
called the world's first uppity woman.

"With Lilith departed, Adam was back where he started,
being without a fit helper. According to a Hebrew tradition cited
in Graves and Patai, God let Adam watch while he put a second
woman together. The process of anatomical assemblage was so disgusting
that Adam found the woman repulsive even though she was beautiful
when finished. God sent this first Eve away and tried again: while
Adam slept, Yahweh created the Eve found in Genesis 2 from Adam's
rib. God presented her to Adam, who said happily, 'This is now
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man' (Gen. 2:23)." (from http://www.hobrad.com/andg.htm#GENDER)