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Lamech. Lamech (Heb. לֶמֶךְ) was one of the antediluvian patriarchs in Genesis. According to the list recounting the lineage of Cain ( Gen. 4:17–24 – ascribed to the J tradition), Lamech was the son of Methushael (4:18) and the father of three sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain, and a daughter, Naamah (4:20–22).
Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold.” —Gen. 4:23–24 [ESV] That’s it. That’s all is told to us about what Lamech says to his wives.
LAMECH lā’ mĭk (לָֽמֶכְ, LXX and NT Λαμεχ, etymology uncertain, perhaps meaning strong man, or strong youth.) 1. A descendant of Cain, the son of Methushael (Gen 4:18-24) and the first polygamist.He was married to Adah and Zillah. By Adah he produced Jabal, the first tent dweller and Jubal who invented the harp and pipe, indicative of leisure time.
Basil (Ep. 260 [317], § 5) interprets Lamech's words to mean that he had committed two murders, and that he deserved a much severer punishment than Cain, as having sinned after plainer warning; Basil adds, that some persons interpret the last lines of the poem as meaning that, whereas Cain's sin increased, and was followed after seven generations by the punishment of the Deluge washing out ...
19 de jul. de 2021 · The Lamech who took two wives mentioned in Genesis 4 is descended from Adam’s murderous son, Cain. After Cain killed his brother Abel, God cursed Cain and sent him out to wander the earth (although, with the protective proviso that anyone who killed Cain would suffer vengeance from God seven times over.) So, Cain departed from God’s ...
Esta página de desambiguación enumera artículos que tienen títulos similares. Lamec puede referirse a los siguientes personajes bíblicos: Lamec (descendiente de Caín); o. Lamec (descendiente de Set). Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación.
2. Descendant of Seth and father of Noah (Gen. v. 28-30), whom Lamech begat at the age of 182 years; his life covered a period of 777 years. The coincidence of the names "Lamech" and "Enoch" in the Cainite and Sethite genealogies, as well as the similarity between other names in the two lists, has led modern scholars to suppose that these are ...
