The son of Methuselah and father of Noah. When Noah was born, Lamech prophetically declared that his son would bring comfort from the painful toil caused by the curse on the ground. He lived 777 years and died five years before the flood, passing the torch of the messianic line to his son Noah.
And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”Genesis 5:29 · Berean Standard Bible
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.” And after he had become the father of…
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Lamech is generation 9 of the 64 Scripture traces from Adam to Jesus, following Jared → Enoch → Methuselah, and followed by Noah → Shem → Arphaxad. See the whole line.
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