1. חניך ch^enôk — Chanok, “initiation, instruction.”
2. עירד ‛ı̂yrād, ‘Irad, “fleet as the w…

Lamech said... Following quickly after music, we have poetry, but it is in praise of ferocity and expresses the pride of one who, …

Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech. The intention of Moses is to describe the ferocity of this man—who was, however, the fifth in descent f…

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah
Confessing what he has done, or boasting what he would do should he be attacked;…

One of Cain's wicked descendants is the first recorded as having broken the law of marriage. Until now, one man had only one wife at a time; but La…