Person

Lamech

also known as Lamech (descendant of Cain)

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 4
Title:: Lamech (descendant of Cain)

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.

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Parents 1

Methusael· father

Spouses 2

Adah Zillah

Children 4

Jabal· father Jubal· father Naamah Tubal-cain

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Line of Cain

Appears in 4

Reference	Verse
Genesis 4:18	And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 4:19	And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:23	And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:24	If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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