Lamech
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:...
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Lamech (pronounced /ˈleɪmɛk/) (Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ) is a character 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, ...
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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and
Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech....
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold....
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la'-mek (lemekh; Lamech, "a strong youth"?):
(1) The name is first mentioned in Gen 4:18-24. 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. ...
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-1. Father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain
Ge 4:18-24
-2. Son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived for
seven-hundred and seventy-seven years
Ge 5:25-31; 1Ch 1:3
Ancestor of Jesus
Lu 3:36...
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(powerful), properly Lemech.
1. The fifth lineal descendant from Cain. Ge 4:18-24
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, J...
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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 neithe...
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1. Son of Methusael, of Cain's line; the first polygamist;
by Adah begat Jabal and JUBAL, by Zillah Tubal-cain and
Naamah. (See JABAL.) The three, Adah, Zillah, and Naamah,
are the only antediluvian women named. See Genesis 4:23-24,
"a man I slay (I am determined to slay), for my wound, a
young man for my hurt; for (if) Cain shall be avenged
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