Lamech

Lamech was the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah (Genesis 5:25,28-29). He was born when Methuselah was 187 years old (Genesis 5:25). Lamech named his son Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed" (Genesis 5:29). Lamech lived 595 years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:30). He died at the age of 777, making him the second-oldest person mentioned in the Bible after his father, Methuselah (Genesis 5:31). Lamech is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:36) and in the genealogy of Adam in the book of Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1:3). His life and legacy are significant in the context of the pre-flood world and the lineage of the patriarchs leading to Noah.