LAMECH

1. Ge 4:18-24, 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. "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, Hearken unto my speech. I have slain a man To my wounding, And [or even] a young man To my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged Seven-fold, Truly Lamech Seventy and seven fold." Many explanations of this abrupt fragment have been suggested. The most satisfactory, perhaps, is that Lamech had accidentally or in self-defense killed a man, and was exposed to the vengeance of "the avenger of blood;" but quiets the fears of his wives by saying of Cain under heavy penalties, Ge 4:15, much more would he guard the life of Lamech who was comparatively innocent. 2. The son of Methuselah, and father of Noah; he lived seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and died only five years before the flood, Ge 5:25-31.

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Lamech. Lamech
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).

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Lamech. poor; made low

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LAMECH. 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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son of Methuselah Ge 5:25; 1Ch 1:3; Lu 3:36