Quotes About Lamech

28When Lamech had lived 182 years, he begot a son. 29And he named him Noah, saying, "This one will provide us relief * from our work and from the toil of our hands, out of the very soil which the Lord placed under a curse." 30After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and begot sons and daughters. 31All the days of Lamech came to 777 years; then he died. 32When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

But the [Eden] story takes a dramatically different turn: it tells of the couple succumbing to fear, blame, and the will to power, which from Cain and Lamech to today continues to engulf the world.

in contrast to the second and third lines, would seem perfectly to confirm the synonymous conception of parallelism: "Ada and Zilla, O hearken my voice. / You wives of Lamech, give ear to my speech.

Once you catch Jesus's reference, you understand the contrast he is making. He is saying that his followers should be as eager to forgive as Lamech was to take vengeance. Just as Lamech was vowing a punishment that far exceeded the crime, we should let our forgiveness far exceed the wrong done to us. We should be Lamech's polar opposite, making it our goal to forgive as extravagantly and completely as possible. Amazing

And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.