וּמָכִ֞יר לָקַ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לְחֻפִּ֣ים וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים וְשֵׁ֤ם אֲחֹתוֹ֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י צְלָפְחָ֑ד וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד בָּנֽוֹת׃
Y Machîr tomó por mujer la hermana de Huppim y Suppim, cuya hermana tuvo por nombre Maachâ:) y el nombre del segundo fué Salphaad. Y Salphaad tuvo hijas.
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AND THE SISTER OF TUBAL-CAIN WAS NAAMAH. This is as if Scripture would say: “and a sister was born to him and her name was Naamah.” A similar sense is found in the verses: And Lotan’s sister was Timnah;457Genesis 36:22. And Miriam their sister;458Numbers 26:59. His sister’s name was Maacah.459I Chronicles 7:15.
In Bereshith Rabbah46023:4. there are some Rabbis who say that Naamah was Noah’s wife. “And why did they call her Naamah [which means lovely]? Because her deeds were lovely and pleasant.” By this the Rabbis meant to say that she was famous in those generations because she was a righteous woman and she gave birth to righteous children. This was why Scripture mentioned her. If so, a small remembrance of Cain was left in the world. However, if we say that she was not the woman from whom Noah begot his three sons, there is no reason for Scripture mentioning her. However, our Rabbis have another Midrash461Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22. concerning her which states that she was the very beautiful woman in whom the bnei ha’elohim462See further 6:2, 4. erred. This is hinted in the verse, And the ‘bnei ha’elohim’ saw the daughters of men,463Ibid., Verse 2. as mentioned in Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer.461Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22. But other sources464Mentioned in Midrash Hane’elam. (See my Hebrew commentary, p. 46, Note 3.) have it that Naamah was the wife of Shamdon, the mother of Ashmedai,465Chief of demons. and it is from her that the demons were born for her name is indeed found in the writings of “the use of the demons.” Scripture hints and deals briefly with such hidden matters.
In Bereshith Rabbah46023:4. there are some Rabbis who say that Naamah was Noah’s wife. “And why did they call her Naamah [which means lovely]? Because her deeds were lovely and pleasant.” By this the Rabbis meant to say that she was famous in those generations because she was a righteous woman and she gave birth to righteous children. This was why Scripture mentioned her. If so, a small remembrance of Cain was left in the world. However, if we say that she was not the woman from whom Noah begot his three sons, there is no reason for Scripture mentioning her. However, our Rabbis have another Midrash461Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22. concerning her which states that she was the very beautiful woman in whom the bnei ha’elohim462See further 6:2, 4. erred. This is hinted in the verse, And the ‘bnei ha’elohim’ saw the daughters of men,463Ibid., Verse 2. as mentioned in Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer.461Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22. But other sources464Mentioned in Midrash Hane’elam. (See my Hebrew commentary, p. 46, Note 3.) have it that Naamah was the wife of Shamdon, the mother of Ashmedai,465Chief of demons. and it is from her that the demons were born for her name is indeed found in the writings of “the use of the demons.” Scripture hints and deals briefly with such hidden matters.