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Lamech’s poem in Genesis 4:23f. is an example of early Heb. poetry with perfect parallelism. There are at least two interpretations of the poem: (1) Historical—Lamech had committed murder, and in remorse and self-justification he excused his crime as self-defense; (2) Anticipatory—It was a threat of what Lamech could do since his son, Tubal-Cain, had invented the sowrd.
This Lamech has two wives: Adah, the mother of Jabal the arch-tent-dweller and Jubal the arch-musician, and Zillah, the mother of Tubal-cain the smith and his sister Naamah. This Lamech boasts that if Cain is avenged sevenfold, he would be avenged seventy-sevenfold (Genesis 24).
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 ...
Noè (ebr. Nōaḥ) Nella Bibbia, decimo patriarca, figlio di Lamech, protagonista del racconto del diluvio. Nell’universale corruzione, solo N. trovò grazia presso Dio, da cui fu esortato a costruire l’Arca dove trovò rifugio insieme alla moglie, i tre figli, le nuore e varie coppie di ciascuna specie degli animali. Dopo il diluvio, N ...
Lamech (1) Fifth in descent from Cain (Gen. 4:18–24). (2) Father of Noah ...
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