Person
Lamech
Lamech (descendant of Cain)
The fifth in descent from Cain.
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Line of descent
7 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
In Scripture
4 verses in 1 book
- Genesis4:18–19, 23–24
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