Genesis 4:23

4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!

You wives of Lamech, hear my words!

I have killed a man for wounding me,

a young man ¹  for hurting me.

Genesis 4:19

4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

Genesis 5:25

5:25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 5:28

5:28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.

Genesis 5:31

5:31 The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

Genesis 4:18

4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ²  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

Genesis 5:26

5:26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other ³  sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:30

5:30 Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other ⁴  sons and daughters.

¹ tn The Hebrew term יֶלֶד (yeled) probably refers to a youthful warrior here, not a child.

² tn Heb “and Irad fathered.”

³ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.