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Part of the genealogy of Christ Mentioned in the Bible by name
Lamech

Time-period: ❶ Adam-Noa (4000 – 3000 f.Kr.)
Born: 2886 f.Kr.  (875 AM*)
Dead: 2109 f.Kr.  (1652 AM*)
Age: 777 years
Alt. names/spellings: Lamech
Father: Methuselah
children (1): Noah

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*Anno Mundi (latin for year and world) is the jewish way of counting time which puts the genesis of the world at year 3761 BC. This year (2026) is represented by year 5786 in Anno Mundi. This is an approximate number.

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Usage in the Bible


Lamech H3929
לֶ֫מֶךְ (Lemech)
11 times in OT
Lamech G2984
Λάμεχ (Lamech)
1 times in NT
Total    12 times

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  • Methuselah

    Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

    Methuselah
    • Lamech

      order of birth not available

      Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

      • Noah

        order of birth not available

        Ancestor of Christ

        Noah
        • Shem

          Noah's firstborn

          Ancestor of Christ

          Shem
        • Ham

          Noah's child nr: 2

          Ham
        • Japheth

          Noah's child nr: 3

          Japheth

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  • Man

    wife

  • Woman
  • Is part of the ancestry of Christ
  • Ruler/leader
  • multiple people




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Gen 5:25
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And Metoshelach [meaning: 'man of the spear'] lived 187 years [7 and 80 years and 100 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of Lamech.
Gen 5:26
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And Methuselah lived 782 years [2 and 80 years and 700 years] after he became the father of Lamech.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
Gen 5:28
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And Lamech [meaning: 'powerful'] lived 182 years [2 and 80 years and 100 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of a son.
Gen 5:30
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And Lamech lived 595 years [5 and 90 years and 500 years] after he became the father of Noah.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31
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And all the days of Lamech were 777 years [7 and 70 years and 700 years].
And he died.
[There are two Lamechs in prehistory. The first Lamech is a descendant of Cain, the brother murderer. This Lamech was the first polygamist and he boasted about killing a man, see Gen. 4:19–24. He was the seventh generation from Adam and Eve. The second Lamech is described here and was Noah's father. He lived to be exactly 777 years old, which can be interpreted as meaning that he was a righteous man. He is the ninth generation from Adam and Eve and a descendant of Seth. It is very likely that Lamech saw the ark that his son built. He died five years before the flood came.]
1 Ch 1:3
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Enoch (Chanoch),
Methuselah,
Lamech,
Luke 3:36
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son to Kenan,
son of Arphaxad,
son of Shem,
son of Noah (Noach),
son of Lamech,