Lamech is the first son of Methuselah. Lamech means poor or bringing low. He was born when Methuselah was one hundred and eighty-seven years of age (Genesis 5:26 KJV).
Lamech is the eighth generation descendant of Seth from Adam. If we look closely at our Bible Timeline chart, Adam should still be alive until the fifty-eighth year of Lamech’s existence.
Lamech, Father of Noah
In the age of one hundred eighty-two, Lamech begat a son (Genesis 5:28 KJV). He lived for another five hundred ninety-five years after Noah‘s birth and had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:30 KJV).
Lamech had lived a total of seven hundred seventy-seven years before he died (Genesis 5:31 KJV). Checking the Biblical Timeline, Lamech’s life is from 3132 BC to 2355 BC.
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Trying to answer SS class question. Why did they live so many years longer in bible times than now. We’re the days, months, years the same amount of time as our present days are
It is my belief, Time has never changed since Gods Creation. He said The sun and the moon knows its course ( not a quote) Also as you read, God limited mans days to 120 years then to Three Score and Seventy!