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Lamech

Time-period: ❶ Adam-Noa (4000 – 3000 f.Kr.)
Age: -
Father: Methushael
Relationships: Adah (marriage)
Zillah (marriage)
children (4): Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, Naamah

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Lamech H3929
לֶ֫מֶךְ (Lemech)
11 times in OT
Total    11 times

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  • Methushael
    Methushael
    • Lamech

      Adah, Zillah

      order of birth not available
      Adah
      Zillah

      • Jabal

        Lamech's firstborn

        Mother: Adah

        Jabal
      • Jubal

        Lamech's child nr: 2

        Mother: Adah

        Jubal
      • Tubal-cain

        Lamech's child nr: 3

        Mother: Zillah

        Tubal-cain
      • Naamah

        Lamech's child nr: 4

        Mother: Zillah

        Naamah

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Gen 4:18
  Interlinear
To Enoch was born Irad [according to Sumerian tradition, Eridu is the first city],
and Irad begot Mechojael,
and Mechojael begot Metoshael,
and Metoshael begot Lamech [the first polygamist].
[There are two Lamechs in prehistory. The first Lamech, mentioned here, is a descendant of Cain, the brother-killer. This Lamech was the first polygamist and he promised to kill for a wound, see verses 23–24. He is the sixth generation from Cain (seventh generation from Adam and Eve). The second Lamech in Seth's line is the ninth generation from Adam. He is Noah's father and a righteous man, see Gen. 5:25–28.]
Gen 4:19
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Lamech took two wives, one named Ada and the other named Zillah. [The name Ada probably comes from adi, which means ornament, and Zillah from the Hebrew sel (shadow), sil (ring/sound) or silsul (cymbal). Perhaps they were both associated with beauty and song, see Song 2:14.]
Gen 4:23
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Lamech said to his wives Ada and Zillah:

"Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech,
pay attention to my promise (speech, promise/threat – Hebr. imrah):
I will kill a man for my wound
and a young man for my scratch.
Gen 4:24
  Interlinear
Yes, Cain will be avenged sevenfold [verse 15], but Lamech seventy-sevenfold (seventy-seven times)."
[Lamech's statement consists of crescendos that intensify. For a wound, he will kill a man (Hebr. ish), and a young man (child – Hebr. jeled) for a bruise. The vengeance increases from Cain's sevenfold to Lamech's seventy-sevenfold. It is this statement that Jesus refers to in Matt. 18:22 when he speaks of forgiveness. A follower of Jesus should therefore be as inclined to forgive as Lamech was to take vengeance. Just as Lamech wanted the punishment to exceed the crime, Jesus wants forgiveness to far exceed the crime.]