Who is Lilith

There are many different theories about different people in the Bible. Many people have different reasons why they theorize different things. Some things can be taken out of context, while people think some words and phrases symbolize a person or place. There are a lot of things that would go into making something fact or fiction, or something that we honestly don’t know about. Some of the things we honestly don’t know about are the unnamed people as well as the names of the fallen angels that followed Lucifer when he fell from grace. There are many theories about the different books of the Bible; one of those theories is that Adam had a wife before Eve. There are ideas about this woman, who she is, and how she came about and why she isn’t mentioned. Her name is Lilith.

The ideas on Lilith begin with the book of Genesis, where many have seen a discrepancy within the scriptures. Genesis 1:27 says “So God created man and woman in his own image; in the image of him; male and female he created them.” Farther in chapter 2 verse 22 it says “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken from the man, and he brought her to the man.” Many see these two verses as describing two different women. One created equally from the sand with Adam, and then one created from his rib. It is because of these two verse standing on their own that people think Adam had a wife before Eve: Lilith. The theory is that Lilith did not want to be subservient to Adam. She spoke the four letter name of God and was banished from Eden. Other theories Such as that of Alan G. Hefner, is that Lilith was actually a twin sister that demanded equality, but nothing seems to have stemmed from that theory.

Along with the theory of being Adam’s first wife Alan Hefner says that Lilith did not want to submit to Adam sexually and went to the Red Sea. When Adam complained, God sent angels to retrieve her. While at the Red Sea Lilith mated with demons and bore 100 children a day. If she refused to return to Adam with Sanoi, Sansenoi, and Sammangelof she would lose each of the children she bore. Lilith returns to Adam years later, but only to seduce him as a succubus would and bears demons. It is also said she bore demons to Cain after he murders Abel. Some say that her anger and resentment at losing her children and being banished caused her to turn into a succubus or is accompanied by one. Hefner says Lilith launched an attack and terrorizes pregnant women and infants, mainly baby boys.