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Person

Lamech (father of Noah)

Mentioned in 7 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 5:25. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Name

Lamech

Gender

Male

Ussher–Jones reckoning

born c. 3130 BC · died c. 2353 BC

F. N. Jones’s Ussher-style chronology, used by Theographic: one of several traditional counts, added up from the ages and reigns in the Hebrew text. The Jewish count (Seder Olam) and the Septuagint’s figures differ from it, for early Genesis by centuries. Not a scholarly date.

Most early-Genesis dates are not historically established: they are reckoned from the ages in the genealogies, and nothing outside the text confirms them.

Group

Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Father

Methuselah

Children

Noah

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

In the Bible

All 7 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

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

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

Luke

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

Events

Events the dataset lists Lamech (father of Noah) as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 3130 BC
Birth of LamechGenesis 5:25
c. 3130 BC
Lifetime of LamechGenesis 5:28–31
c. 2948 BC
Birth of NoahGenesis 5:28–29
c. 2353 BC
Death of LamechGenesis 5:31

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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).