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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Lamech (Man living at the time before the Flood)

He was Cain's descendant. He boasted to his two wives that he had killed a young man just for wounding him. Cain's violence came down to him and got worse.

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He was Cain's descendant. He boasted to his two wives that he had killed a young man just for wounding him. Cain's violence came down to him and got worse.

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  • Genesis 4:18
  • Genesis 4:19
  • Genesis 4:23
  • Genesis 4:24

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