Azura (alsoÂzûra[a],Aclima, orBalbira) was the daughter ofAdam andEve, the twin ofAbel, and both the wife and sister ofSeth, as described in chapter 4 of theBook of Jubilees.[1][2] In an effort to explain where Cain and Abel acquired wives, some traditional sources stated that each child ofAdam and Eve was born with a twin who became their mate.
InMuslim tradition, Abel was born with a twin sister named Azura, and Cain with a twin sister named Aclima. Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister and Abel to marry Cain's. However, Cain wished to marry Aclima rather than Azura. Adam proposed to refer the question to God by means of a sacrifice, and God rejected Cain's sacrifice, signifying his disapproval of Cain's marriage to Aclima. Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy.[3][4][5]
Some sources in the Eastern Orthodox traditions give the name Azura to Cain's twin sister.[6]
^"Azura" was considered Abel's twin in some traditions, and the Book of Jubilees tells us that Abel was born 71–77 A.M., while "Âzûra" in the Book of Jubilees (who was claimed to be Seth's wife), was born 134–140 A.M. This may indicate Azura and Âzûra were two separate figures.
^Brewer, E. Cobham. "Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable." (1894).
^Brewer, Cobham (2001).Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. p. 197.
^"Cain",Dictionnaire des sciences occultes (Encycloedie Theologique Vol. 48), ed.Jacques Paul Migne, cols. 297–298.
^Burrington, Gilbert. An Arrangement of the Genealogies in the Old Testament and Apocrypha: To which are Added, from the Same Authorities, a Selection of Single Names, and Chronological Tables of the Kings of Egypt, Syria, and Assyria: with Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory; and Copious Indexes, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1. Rivington, 1836.
