Person

Lamech

Lamech, son of methuselah, in the line of Seth (Genesis 5).

Sort year3130 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 874 AM, 3130 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Scripture

birth of Lamech, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	874 AM Precision: year	AM 874	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (opens in a new tab) Jones prints only the AM figure here; no BC year is printed for this birth, so year_bc_ad is left null (not inferred).
Ussher	874 AM, 3130 BC Precision: year	3130 BC AM 874	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §20 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	"874 - Lamech ben Methuselah born" Precision: year	AM 874	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	874 AM (birth year printed at the start of the lamech bar) Precision: year	AM 874	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 874.
MT-Gen	AM 874 Precision: year	AM 874	Gen 5 cumulative begetting ages (father methuselah begat at 187, Gen 5:25) (opens in a new tab)

death of Lamech, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	1651 AM, 2353 BC Precision: year	2353 BC AM 1651	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §32 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	"1651 - Lamech ben Methuselah died" Precision: year	AM 1651	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1651 AM Lamech dies @ 777 yrs old Precision: year	AM 1651	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1651.
MT-Gen	AM 1651 Precision: year	AM 1651	Gen 5: birth AM 874 + 777 years (Gen 5:31) (opens in a new tab)

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