Catena Fidei

Genesis 4:19 (WEB)
Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

Fathers and councils · 6

John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.24Book IV
“And when, after the transgression, Adam heard, dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return, when death entered into the world by reason of the transgression, then Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare seed.” — editor's note: Ibid. 19.
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John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“And the genealogy of Cain is given separately as follows: “Cain begat Enoch, Enoch begat Cainan, Cainan begat Mahalaleel, Mahalaleel begat Methuselah, Methuselah begat Lamech, Lamech begat Jabal and Jubal.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 17–21.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 123
“And as the accursed Lamech made of the first Eve two separate wives, so also the heretics sever the second into several churches which, according to the apocalypse of John, ought rather to be called synagogues of the devil than congregations of Christ.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 19.
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Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 4
“Lamech was the first who, by marrying himself to two women, caused three to be (joined) “into one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 18, 19.
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Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 4
“Other iniquities provoke the deluge: (iniquities) once for all avenged, whatever was their nature; not, however, “seventy-seven times,” which (is the vengeance which) double marriages have deserved.” — editor's note: Septuagies septies. See Gen. iv. 19–24.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.17Book XV
“And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 18–22.
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