Lamech
father of Noah
Son of Methuselah in the line of Seth, who fathered Noah at the age of 182 and named him with a saying about comfort from toil.
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Lamech Born to Methuselah, Fathers and Names Noah
25Methuselah lived 187 years. Then he had a son named Lamech.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 more years. He had more sons and daughters.
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27Methuselah lived 969 years in all. Then he died.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Methuselah lived longer than anyone else in the Bible.
28Lamech lived 182 years. Then he had a son.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29He named him Noah. He said, "This one will comfort us in our hard work. Our hands work hard because the LORD cursed the ground."
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Noah's name sounds like the old word for rest. Long before, God said the ground would be hard to farm. Weeds and rocks made the work tiring. When LORD is in big letters, it stands for God's own name.
30After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 more years. He had more sons and daughters.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31Lamech lived 777 years in all. Then he died.
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Lamech in the Line From Adam to Noah
3Then came Henoch, then Methuselah, then Lamech. Each was the son of the man before him.
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Then came Noah. Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Noah is the man who built the big boat when the flood came. His three sons had children, and those families spread out over the earth.
Lamech in the Genealogy of Jesus
36Sala's father was Cainan. Cainan's father was Arphaxad. Arphaxad's father was Sem. Sem's father was Noe. Noe's father was Lamech.
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
"Noe" is the old spelling of Noah. He built the big boat when the flood came. "Sem" is his son Shem.
37Lamech's father was Mathusala. Mathusala's father was Enoch. Enoch's father was Jared. Jared's father was Maleleel. Maleleel's father was Cainan.
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
"Mathusala" is the old spelling of Methuselah. He lived longer than anyone else in the Bible.
38Cainan's father was Enos. Enos's father was Seth. Seth's father was Adam. And Adam came from God.
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Adam was the very first man. The list has gone all the way back to the beginning.
Every passage here is the King James text. Nothing on this page retells the story; it only puts the pieces in order.