Atomic Bible

Father of Noah; lived 777 years

Lamech

Named in 7 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 5:25.

לֶ֫מֶךְLamech

ΛάμεχLamech

The name means “poor; made low.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Methuselah
Children
Noah
People
Early Patriarch

About Lamech Written by AI

Lamech was the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah (Genesis 5:25). He was born when Methuselah was 187 years old (Genesis 5:25). Lamech named his son Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed" (Genesis 5:29). Lamech lived 595 years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:30). He died at the age of 777, making him the second-oldest person mentioned in the Bible after his father, Methuselah (Genesis 5:31). Lamech is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:36) and in the genealogy of Adam in the book of Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1:3). His life and legacy are significant in the context of the pre-flood world and the lineage of the patriarchs leading to Noah.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Lamech, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, 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.

(2.) The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Gen. 5:25-31; Luke 3:36).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Genesis 5:25

    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

  2. Genesis 5:26

    And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

  3. Genesis 5:28

    When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

  4. Genesis 5:30

    And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

  5. Genesis 5:31

    So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

  6. 1 Chronicles 1:3

    Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

  7. Luke 3:36

    the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.