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Lamech Father of Noah, Who Named Him for Comfort
About Lamech
Lamech was the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah. He is the only man in the line of Seth whose words Genesis records: naming his son, he said this one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground the LORD has cursed. He lived 777 years and died five years before the flood.
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Lamech's Character Traits
Lamech's Life Timeline
He names his son Noahc. 2948 BC
At a hundred and eighty-two he fathers a son and says this one shall comfort us.
GEN 5:28-29
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Lamech's Key Relationships
Spiritual Lessons from Lamech
Naming What You Hope For
Lamech felt the curse on the ground as work that never lets up, and he put his hope into a name rather than a plan. He did not live to see what his son would be asked to build, and the comfort he spoke of came in a form he could not have pictured.
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