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Lamech (father of Noah)
Biblical patriarch, descendant of Seth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the person in Genesis 4, see Lamech (descendant of Cain).
Lamech (/ˈleɪmɪk/;[1] Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ Lemeḵ, in pausa לָמֶךְ Lāmeḵ; Greek: Λάμεχ Lámekh) was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. He is part of the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36.[2]
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![]() Lamech holding the infant Noah, Print by James Tissot | |
Born | 3130 BC (869 AM) |
Died | 2353 BC (1646 AM) (aged 777) |
Children | Noah, and other sons and daughters |
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Lamech (Arabic: لامك, romanized: Lāmik) is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the prophets who preceded Muhammad, which mentions him in an identical manner.[citation needed]