Lamech

Lamech (father of Noah)

3129–2352 BC, 777 years traditional (Jones)

The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Gen. 5:25-31; Luke 3:36).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Methuselah
Child: Noah
Tagged in: 7 verses

The 9th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Born in the era of Creation to the Flood, 4004–2349 BC.
Alive at the same time as Jared for 548 years, Mahalaleel for 416 years, Cainan for 361 years, Enos for 266 years, Seth for 168 years, Enoch for 113 years, Shem for 93 years, and Adam for 56 years.
Named in the same verses as Methuselah, Noah, Arphaxad, Cainan, Enoch, and Shem.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

4 events in which Lamech takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

3129 BCBirth of LamechGen 5:25
3129 BCLifetime of LamechGen 5:28-31
2947 BCBirth of NoahGen 5:28-29
2352 BCDeath of LamechGen 5:31

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 3323–2158 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around this life, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

7 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Genesis5
1 Chronicles1
Luke1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Lamech 12
KJV	Lamech 12
ASV	Lamech 12

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis5 verses

5:25
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
5:26
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
5:28
When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
5:30
And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
5:31
So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles1 verse

1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

Luke1 verse

3:36
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.