Biblical Families:Adam

                                 FIRST PEOPLE
Name           Meaning                                        Known For
Adam          Red earth                                       First man
Eve              Life                                               First woman

                                 FIRST SONS OF ADAM
Cain            Possession                                 First murderer, Built first city
Abel            Breath, Meadow
Seth            Appointed

                                  DESCANDANTS OF CAIN
Enoch            Dedicated, Inaugurated
Irad               Wild donkey, Fugitive
Mehujael        God is combating
Methusael      They died who are of God
Lamech          Powerful, Overthrow                      First man to practice polygamy  

                                  WIVES OF LAMECH
Adah            Ornamental
Zillah            Covered, Shade, Seductress

                                  CHILDREN OF LAMECH
Jabal             River                                          Nomadic tender of cattle
Jubal            Joyful sound                                 Invented the harp and pipe
Tubal-Cain    Flowing forth of Cain                      First to work with bronze and iron
Naamah        Pleasant

  
                                  DESCENDANTS OF SETH
Enos                  Mortal man, Man is frail
Kenan/Cainan    Smith, Possession, Acquisition
Mahalaleel          Praiser of God  
Jared                  Descending
Methuselah         When he is dead it shall come          Lived 969 years
Lamech              Overthrower
Noah                  Rest, Comfort, Consolation          Built the Ark