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His account provides insight into the early generations of humanity and the development of civilization and sin.<br><br><b>Lamech, Descendant of Cain</b><br><br>Lamech, a descendant of Cain, is introduced in <a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18-24</a>. He is the son of Methushael and the father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, as well as a daughter named Naamah. Lamech is notable for being the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, having two wives, Adah and Zillah. This departure from the monogamous union established by God in <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a> marks a further moral decline in the line of Cain.<br><br>Lamech's sons are credited with significant cultural advancements. Jabal is described as "the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock" (<a href="/genesis/4-20.htm">Genesis 4:20</a>), indicating the development of pastoral life. Jubal is called "the father of all who play the harp and flute" (<a href="/genesis/4-21.htm">Genesis 4:21</a>), suggesting the beginnings of music and arts. Tubal-cain is noted as "a forger of every implement of bronze and iron" (<a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Genesis 4:22</a>), pointing to advancements in metallurgy and technology.<br><br>Lamech's most notable act is his declaration to his wives, recorded in <a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Genesis 4:23-24</a>. In a poetic form, Lamech boasts of killing a man for wounding him and a young man for striking him, claiming, "If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold" (<a href="/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24</a>). This statement reflects an escalation of violence and vengeance, contrasting with God's protection of Cain and highlighting the increasing corruption in Cain's lineage.<br><br><b>Lamech, Descendant of Seth</b><br><br>A different Lamech appears in the genealogy of Seth, the son of Adam, in <a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">Genesis 5:25-31</a>. This Lamech is the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah. He is part of the godly line that leads to the birth of Noah, who would become a pivotal figure in God's plan to preserve humanity through the Flood.<br><br>Lamech lived 777 years, and his life is marked by a prophetic utterance at the birth of his son Noah. He named him Noah, saying, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands, caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed" (<a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29</a>). This statement reflects a hope for relief from the curse placed upon the ground due to Adam's sin, indicating Lamech's awareness of the fallen state of the world and the need for divine intervention.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>The two Lamechs represent contrasting paths in early human history. The Lamech of Cain's line exemplifies the spread of sin and human pride, while the Lamech of Seth's line points to the hope of redemption and God's ongoing work through a faithful remnant. These narratives underscore the biblical themes of sin, judgment, and the promise of salvation, setting the stage for the unfolding account of God's redemptive plan through Noah and ultimately through Jesus Christ.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Lamech</span><p>poor; made low<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Lamech</span><p>(<i>powerful</i>), properly <i>Lemech.</i> <ol> <li>The fifth lineal descendant from Cain. (<a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18-24</a>) He is the only one except Enoch, of the posterity of Cain, whose history is related with some detail. His two wives, Adah and Zillah, and his daughter Naamah, are, with Eve, the only antediluvian women whose names are mentioned by Moses. His three sons, Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain, are celebrated in Scripture as authors of useful inventions. The remarkable poem which Lamech uttered may perhaps be regarded as Lamech's son of exultation on the invention of the sword by his son Tubal-cain, in the possession of which he foresaw a great advantage to himself and his family over any enemies.</li> <li>The father of Noah. (<a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29</a>)</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Lamech</span><p>1. <a href="/context/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18-24</a>, a descendant of Cain, in the fifth generation, and ancestor of numerous posterity distinguished for a skill in agriculture, music, and several mechanic arts. He is the first polygamist on record. His address to his two wives is the oldest specimen of poetry extant, and is a good illustration of Hebrew parallelism. </p><p> </p><DIR><p>"Adah and Zillah,</p><p>Hear my voice;</p><p>Ye wives of Lamech,</p><p>Hearken unto my speech.</p><p>I have slain a man</p><p>To my wounding,</p><p>And [or even] a young man</p><p>To my hurt.</p><p>If Cain shall be avenged</p><p>Seven-fold,</p><p>Truly Lamech</p><p>Seventy and seven fold."</p></DIR><p> </p><DIR><p>Many explanations of this abrupt fragment have been suggested. The</p><p>most satisfactory, perhaps, is that Lamech had accidentally or in</p><p>self-defense killed a man, and was exposed to the vengeance of "the</p><p>avenger of blood;" but quiets the fears of his wives by saying of</p><p>Cain under heavy penalties, <a href="/context/genesis/4-15.htm">Genesis 4:15</a>, much more would he guard</p><p>the life of Lamech who was comparatively innocent.</p><p>2. The son of Methuselah, and father of Noah; he lived seven hundred</p><p>and seventy-seven years, and died only five years before the flood,</p><p><a href="/context/genesis/5-25.htm">Genesis 5:25-31</a>.</p></DIR><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>The strikerdown; the wild man. <p>(1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (<a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18</a>-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (<a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">4:23</a>, 24), is the only extant example of antediluvian poetry. It has been called "Lamech's sword-song." He was "rude and ruffianly," fearing neither God nor man. With him the curtain falls on the race of Cain. We know nothing of his descendants.<p>(2.) The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (<a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">Genesis 5:25</a>-31; <a href="/luke/3-36.htm">Luke 3:36</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">LAMECH</span><p>la'-mek (lemekh; Lamech, "a strong youth"?):<br><br>(1) The name is first mentioned in <a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18-24</a>. Here Lamech, the son of Methushael, is named as the last of the descendants of Cain. He was the father of Jabel, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and Naamah. As the husband of two wives, namely, Adah and Zillah, he furnishes the first recorded instance of polygamy. It is very instructive to note that this "father of polygamy" at once becomes the first blustering tyrant and a braggadocio; we are fully permitted to draw this conclusion from his so-called "swordlay" (<a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Genesis 4:23 f</a>). He does not put his trust in God, but in the weapons and implements invented by his sons, or rather these instruments, enhancing the physical and material powers of man, are his God. He glories in them and misconstrues the Divine kindness which insured to Cain freedom from the revenge of his fellow-men.<br><br>(2) Another Lamech. is mentioned in <a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">Genesis 5:25, 28</a> (compare <a href="/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">1 Chronicles 1:3</a> <a href="/luke/3-36.htm">Luke 3:36</a>), the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah. His words (<a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29</a>) show the great difference between this descendant of Seth and the descendant of Cain. While the one is stimulated to a song of defiance by the worldly inventions of his sons, the other, in prophetical mood, expresses his sure belief in the coming of better times, and calmly and prayerfully awaits the period of comfort and rest which he expected to be ushered in by his son Noah.<br><br>William Baur<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2984.htm"><span class="l">2984. <b>Lamech</b> -- <b>Lamech</b>, a patriarch and an ancestor of Christ</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2983, 2984. <b>Lamech</b>. 2985 . <b>Lamech</b>, a patriarch and an ancestor of Christ.<br> Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2984.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3103.htm"><span class="l">3103. Mathousala -- Matthat, an Israelite</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Transliteration: Mathousala Phonetic Spelling: (math-oo-sal'-ah) Short Definition:<br> Methuselah Definition: (Hebrew) Methuselah, son of Enoch and father of <b>Lamech</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3103.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6741.htm"><span class="l">6741. Tsillah -- wife of <b>Lamech</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6740, 6741. Tsillah. 6742 . wife of <b>Lamech</b>. Transliteration: Tsillah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (tsil-law') Short Definition: Zillah. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6741.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8423.htm"><span class="l">8423. Tubal Qayin -- a son of <b>Lamech</b></span></a><br>Tubal Qayin. 8422, 8423. Tubal Qayin. 8424 . a son of <b>Lamech</b>. Transliteration:<br> Tubal Qayin Phonetic Spelling: (too-bal' kah'-yin) Short Definition: Tubal-cain <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8423.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3106.htm"><span class="l">3106. Yubal -- a son of <b>Lamech</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3105, 3106. Yubal. 3107 . a son of <b>Lamech</b>. Transliteration: Yubal Phonetic<br> Spelling: (yoo-bawl') Short Definition: Jubal. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3106.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2989.htm"><span class="l">2989. Yabal -- a son of <b>Lamech</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2988, 2989. Yabal. 2990 . a son of <b>Lamech</b>. Transliteration: Yabal Phonetic<br> Spelling: (yaw-bawl') Short Definition: Jabal. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2989.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3929.htm"><span class="l">3929. Lemek -- a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth</span></a><br><b>...</b> Lemek. 3930 . a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth. Transliteration:<br> Lemek Phonetic Spelling: (leh'-mek) Short Definition: <b>Lamech</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Lamech</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3929.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/pink/the_antichrist/in_the_volume_of_the.htm"><span class="l">"In the Volume of the Book it is Written of Me" (Heb. . .</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2. <b>Lamech</b>. And <b>Lamech</b> <b>...</b> bruising me. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,<br> Truly <b>Lamech</b> seventy and seven fold" (Gen.4:23, 24, RV). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in the volume of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_20_how_it_is_that.htm"><span class="l">How it is that Cain's Line Terminates in the Eighth Generation <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> descend to Noah, and thence to start again by a rigid order, what need was there<br> of omitting the first-born sons for the sake of descending to <b>Lamech</b>, in whose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 20 how it is that.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxi_the_answer_to.htm"><span class="l">The Answer to the Question Raised.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Enos begat Cainan, but Cainan begat Mahalaleel, but Mahalaleel begat Jared, Jared<br> begat Enoch, Enoch begat Methuselah, Methuselah begat <b>Lamech</b>, <b>Lamech</b> begat <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxi the answer to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_3_concerning_the_flood.htm"><span class="l">Concerning the Flood; and after what Manner Noah was Saved in an <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now he was the tenth from Adam, as being the son of <b>Lamech</b>, whose father was Mathusela;<br> he was the son of Enoch, the son of Jared; and Jared was the son of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 concerning the flood.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theophilus/theophilus_to_autolycus/chapter_xxx_cains_family_and_their.htm"><span class="l">Cain's Family and their Inventions.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "Not yet had men a city built.". And to Enoch was born a son, by name Gaidad; who<br> begat a son called Meel; and Meel begat Mathusala; and Mathusala, <b>Lamech</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xxx cains family and their.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_17_of_the_two_fathers.htm"><span class="l">Of the Two Fathers and Leaders who Sprang from one Progenitor.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For we read, "Methusael begat <b>Lamech</b>. And <b>Lamech</b> took unto him two wives: the<br> name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 17 of the two fathers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_11_of_methuselahs_age_which.htm"><span class="l">Of Methuselah's Age, which Seems to Extend Fourteen Years Beyond <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For, according to our books, Methuselah, before he begat the son whom he called<br> <b>Lamech</b>, lived 167 years; then <b>Lamech</b> himself, before his son Noah was born <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of methuselahs age which.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_cclx_to_optimus_the.htm"><span class="l">Letter cclx. To Optimus the Bishop.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5. Your next question is of a kindred character, concerning the words of <b>Lamech</b><br> to his wives; "I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cclx to optimus the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_monogamy/chapter_iv_waiving_allusion_to_the.htm"><span class="l">Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Still, God's institution, after once for all suffering violence through<br> <b>Lamech</b>, remained firm to the very end of that race. Second <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter iv waiving allusion to the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/africanus/the_writings_of_julius_africanus/fragment_iii_adam_when_230.htm"><span class="l">Fragment iii. Adam, when 230 Years Old, Begets Seth; and after <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Mathusala, when 187 years old, begot <b>Lamech</b>. <b>Lamech</b>, when 188 years old, begets<br> Noe. Footnotes: [1083] In Georgius Syncellus, Chron., p. 81, al. 65. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../africanus/the writings of julius africanus/fragment iii adam when 230.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/lamech.htm"><span class="l"><b>Lamech</b> (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It has been called "<b>Lamech's</b> sword-song." He was "rude and ruffianly," fearing neither<br> God nor man. With him the curtain falls on the race of Cain. <b>...</b><b>LAMECH</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lamech.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lamech's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Lamech's</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Lamech's</b> (2 Occurrences). Genesis 4:24 If seven lives are to be taken as punishment<br> for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for <b>Lamech's</b>. (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lamech's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adah.htm"><span class="l">Adah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Ornament. (1.) The first of <b>Lamech's</b> two wives,<br> and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Genesis 4:19, 20, 23). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zillah.htm"><span class="l">Zillah (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Shadow, one of the wives of <b>Lamech</b>, of the line of Cain,<br> and mother of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:19, 22). Noah Webster's Dictionary. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zillah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/methuselah.htm"><span class="l">Methuselah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant<br> of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of <b>Lamech</b> (Genesis 5:21 1 Chronicles 1:3 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/methuselah.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/begetteth.htm"><span class="l">Begetteth (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> and daughters. (YLT). Genesis 5:25 And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty<br> and seven years, and begetteth <b>Lamech</b>. (YLT). Genesis <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/begetteth.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/patriarchs.htm"><span class="l">Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> See CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 2. Divergences between the Three Texts: Divergence<br> exists in the case of Jared, Methuselah and <b>Lamech</b> only. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/patriarchs.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/antediluvian.htm"><span class="l">Antediluvian</span></a><br><b>...</b> See CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 2. Divergences between the Three Texts: Divergence<br> exists in the case of Jared, Methuselah and <b>Lamech</b> only. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/antediluvian.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/family.htm"><span class="l">Family (438 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is not till many generations after that event that we find a case of<br> polygamy-that of <b>Lamech</b> (Genesis 4:19-24). <b>Lamech</b> is said <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/family.htm - 87k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eighty.htm"><span class="l">Eighty (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Genesis 5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became<br> the father of <b>Lamech</b>. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eighty.htm - 17k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Lamech-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Lamech in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Noah-comfort.html">Why did Lamech think Noah would bring comfort (Genesis 5:29)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Methuselah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Methuselah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Lamech (11 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/3-36.htm">Luke 3:36</a></span><br />the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18</a></span><br />To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-19.htm">Genesis 4:19</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Genesis 4:23</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24</a></span><br />If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> seventy-seven times."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">Genesis 5:25</a></span><br />Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-26.htm">Genesis 5:26</a></span><br />Methuselah lived after he became the father of <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-28.htm">Genesis 5:28</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-30.htm">Genesis 5:30</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-31.htm">Genesis 5:31</a></span><br />All the days of <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span> were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">1 Chronicles 1:3</a></span><br />Enoch, Methuselah, <span class="boldtext">Lamech</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/l/lamech.htm">Lamech</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/l/lamech--ancestor_of_jesus.htm">Lamech: Ancestor of Jesus</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/l/lamech--father_of_jabal,_jubal,_and_tubal-cain.htm">Lamech: Father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/l/lamech--son_of_methuselah,_and_father_of_noah,_lived_for_seven-hundred_and_seventy-seven_years.htm">Lamech: Son of Methuselah, and Father of Noah, Lived for Seven-Hundred and Seventy-Seven Years</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lamech's.htm">Lamech's (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/adah.htm">Adah (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/z/zillah.htm">Zillah (3 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