Everyday words
Lamech
Start with Genesis 4:18, where the Bible uses the word lamech in a real sentence: “To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael.…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:18
“To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.”
2. Genesis 4:19
“Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.”
3. Genesis 4:23
“Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.”
4. Genesis 4:24
“If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.””
5. Genesis 5:25
“Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.”
6. Genesis 5:26
“Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.”
7. Genesis 5:28
“Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.”
8. Genesis 5:30
“Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ToEnochwasbornIradbecamethefatherofbecamethefatherofMethushael.MethushaelbecamethefatherofLamech.