Adah’s love may not have led to Lamech’s redemption; but it surely had prepared her children to live more peaceful and, by far,
more profitable lives.

Elder Enoch had been trained by the dictums of his father’s mind, but Adah’s children were raised in the chariot of her embrace, in answer to the demand of her heart that she should celebrate k her love d for nurturing w. Her

Jabal’s usefulness y had developed b under the guidance l of that love; for Adah’s influence had loosened m the chains that had bound her family so firmly b to father Cain.

As young Jabal matured, he took on responsibility y in the family, and he welcomed b his role l. Cautious y and careful b when facing problems l, he had never shied away y from direct physical b challenges l, but he had shown himself reluctant y to visit b  force of any kind against another l.