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Ashmua bat Elishua

Mother of Noah, wife of Lemech, she is not mentioned in the Bible, but she is in recorded in Sefer Hayahsher as Ashmua bat Elishua. She was known as the first woman to give birth to a child that was different from others. Before Noah was born they had fused fingers to be able to plow and work the land. "And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will provide us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands, out of the very soil which the LORD placed under a curse.” Because he was born with separated fingers to give hope to relieve the toil.