Lamech

Role: son of Methusael · First appears: Genesis 4

In Genesis 4, Methusael begat Lamech. Lamech took Adah and Zillah as wives; Adah bore Jabal and Jubal, and Lamech commanded both wives, saying, “Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech.”

In Genesis 5, Methuselah begat Lamech, who was the parent of Noah. “And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.”

Relationship record

Life events

Lamech died after living seven hundred seventy and seven years.(Genesis 5)
- “And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.”

Genesis 4

parent: Methusael “and Methusael begat Lamech.”
married with Adah “And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,”
married with Zillah “and the name of the other Zillah.”
child: Jabal “And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal:”
child: Jubal “And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal:”
subordinate: Adah “And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:”
subordinate: Zillah “And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:”

Genesis 5

parent: Methuselah “And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.”
child: Noah “And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.