Lamech
Americannoun
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The Genesis Apocryphon’s Aramaic verses describe the lives of Noah, Abraham, Enoch and Lamech, characters in the book of Genesis, and are written in the first person.
From Washington Times
Senior Tarik Lamech scored shorthanded moments later — one of Potomac School’s six goals in a dominant second quarter — as the Panthers escaped with an 11-7 road victory and a third consecutive tournament title.
From Washington Post
After scoring shorthanded, Lamech netted two more on the man-advantage to help Potomac School build an 8-3 lead by halftime.
From Washington Post
Betenos was the wife of Lamech, one of the patriarchs in the early part of Genesis, and the identification seems established by a passage that reads, “Then I, Lamech, hastened to go in unto Betenos.”
From The New Yorker
Now, in an ancient list of apocryphal works, a Book of Lamech is mentioned, and it has been thought that this must have been embedded in the later Book of Enoch—Enoch was an ancestor of Lamech.
From The New Yorker
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