Lamech and his two women, 1583 print Lamech and his two women Ada and Silla at their house. Their children play around them. Jabal on the right in the foreground, the ancestor of people who keep cattle, playing with a sheep. Next to him Tubal-Cain at work with stones. He later became a blacksmith and is an ancestor of all who process bronze and iron. On the left the whistling jubal, the ancestor of all who play Lier or Fluit. On the left daughter Naäma. Two murdered men in the background in the landscape. They were beaten by Lamech because they wanted to do him angry. Under the performance an

Lamech and his two women, 1583 print Lamech and his two women Ada and Silla at their house. Their children play around them. Jabal on the right in the foreground, the ancestor of people who keep cattle, playing with a sheep. Next to him Tubal-Cain at work with stones. He later became a blacksmith and is an ancestor of all who process bronze and iron. On the left the whistling jubal, the ancestor of all who play Lier or Fluit. On the left daughter Naäma. Two murdered men in the background in the landscape. They were beaten by Lamech because they wanted to do him angry. Under the performance an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album. parchment (animal material). paper engraving Lamech confesses to his wives, Adah and Zillah, that he has killed an old man and a young man (Cain and Tubalcain). story of Jabal, the first to raise cattle and live in tents. story of Jubal, ancestor of all musicians who play the harp and the flute. story of Tubalcain, the first blacksmith

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