A Cainite, the father of Lamech, Ge 4:18 (Jahwist); Methuselah in Priestly Narrative's genealogy (Ge 5:21 ff.). The interpretations of the name are various.
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
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