In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth in Galilee, to
a young woman betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
young woman’s name was Lilith. The angel went in and said to her, “Hail, thou
Lady of Air and Night. Rejoice, the Lord is with thee.” And she was deeply
pleased by these words.
The angel said to her, “You have won God’s favor. Look, you are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be the Son of the Most High.”
But Lilith said to the angel, “How can this be? I fear and hate children and will him them as they sleep. And I will be no one’s servant. Let it happen to someone else.” Then the angel left her to find someone else.
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In later Jewish legends, Adam had another wife prior to Eve, Lilith – created from the same dust as he. But she refused to submit to him and fled into the desert to become the Night Hag, a killer of children.
The angel said to her, “You have won God’s favor. Look, you are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be the Son of the Most High.”
But Lilith said to the angel, “How can this be? I fear and hate children and will him them as they sleep. And I will be no one’s servant. Let it happen to someone else.” Then the angel left her to find someone else.
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In later Jewish legends, Adam had another wife prior to Eve, Lilith – created from the same dust as he. But she refused to submit to him and fled into the desert to become the Night Hag, a killer of children.
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