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Adam and Lilith never found peace together; for when he wished to lie with her, she took offence at the recumbent posture he demanded. `Why must I lie beneath you?` she asked. `I also was made from dust, and am therefore your equal.` Because Adam tried to compel her obedience by force, Lilith, in a rage, uttered the magic name of God, rose into the air and left him.