Encyclopedie , Jewish Encyclopedia, LAMECH (2), Emil G. Hirsch M. Seligsohn, LAMECH 2. Descendant of Seth and father of Noah (Gen. v. 28-30), whom Lamech begat at the age of 182 years; his life covered a period of 777 years. The coincidence of the names "Lamech" and "Enoch" in the Cainite and Sethite genealogies, as well as the similarity between other names in the two lists, has led modern scholars to suppose that these are two different recensions of the same list.