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| - There are two people named Lamech in the Old Testament. Lamech of the line of Seth (Genesis 5:25-26, 28-31; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36) was the son of Methuselah, and became the father of Noah at the age of 182. Lamech died five years before the Great Flood. Lamech blessed Noah, saying "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed." According to the Book of Enoch (accepted as canon by the Oriental Orthodoxy), this fulfilled a prophecy of Lamech's grandfather Enoch. Lamech lived to be 777.
- Lamech () (Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ) is the name of two men in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. One is the seventh generation descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18); his father was named Methusael and he was responsible for the "Song of the Sword." He is also noted as the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, taking two wives, Ada and Tselah. The other Lamech is an eighth generation descendant of Seth (Genesis 5:25). He is the son of Methuselah and was the father of Noah (Genesis 5:29).
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| - There are two people named Lamech in the Old Testament. Lamech of the line of Seth (Genesis 5:25-26, 28-31; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36) was the son of Methuselah, and became the father of Noah at the age of 182. Lamech died five years before the Great Flood. Lamech blessed Noah, saying "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed." According to the Book of Enoch (accepted as canon by the Oriental Orthodoxy), this fulfilled a prophecy of Lamech's grandfather Enoch. Lamech lived to be 777. Lamech of the line of Cain, son of Methushael, appears in Genesis 4:18-24. Lamech had two wives: Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal (the ancestor of shepherds) and Jubal (the ancestor of musicians). Zillah gave birth to Tubal Cain (the ancestor of metalworkers), and his sister Naamah. Lamech killed a man, and boasted of it: "If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.” (cf. Genesis 4:15.)
- Lamech () (Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ) is the name of two men in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. One is the seventh generation descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18); his father was named Methusael and he was responsible for the "Song of the Sword." He is also noted as the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, taking two wives, Ada and Tselah. The other Lamech is an eighth generation descendant of Seth (Genesis 5:25). He is the son of Methuselah and was the father of Noah (Genesis 5:29). Because of the similarities between the two lines, critical scholarship generally regards both Lamechs as one and the same individual. Many conservative scholars reject this notion. One tradition from Genesis Rabba, relayed by Rashi's comment on Genesis 4:22, indicates that Na'amah, the daughter of Tselah and Lamech, son of Methushael, was the wife of Noah, the son of the other Lamech (son of Methuselah).
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