a descendant of Cain, the son of Mathusael, and father of Jabal,
Jubal, Tubal-Cain, and Naamah, Gen. iv, 18–20, &c. He stands branded as
the father of polygamy, the first who dared to violate the sacred
command, Gen. ii, 24; giving way to his unbridled passion, and thus
overleaping the divine mound raised by the wisdom of our great Creator;
which restraint is enforced by the laws of nature herself, who peoples
the earth with an equal number of males and females, and thereby teaches
foolish man that polygamy is incompatible with her wise regulations. He
married Adah and Zillah: the former was the mother of Jabal and Jubal,
and the latter of Tubal-Cain and Naamah, his sister.
2. LAMECH, the son of Methuselah, and father of Noah. He lived a hundred
fourscore and two years before the birth of Noah, Gen. v, 25, 31; after
which he lived five hundred and ninety-five years longer: thus the whole
term of his life was seven hundred and seventy-seven years.
Jubal, Tubal-Cain, and Naamah, Gen. iv, 18–20, &c. He stands branded as
the father of polygamy, the first who dared to violate the sacred
command, Gen. ii, 24; giving way to his unbridled passion, and thus
overleaping the divine mound raised by the wisdom of our great Creator;
which restraint is enforced by the laws of nature herself, who peoples
the earth with an equal number of males and females, and thereby teaches
foolish man that polygamy is incompatible with her wise regulations. He
married Adah and Zillah: the former was the mother of Jabal and Jubal,
and the latter of Tubal-Cain and Naamah, his sister.
2. LAMECH, the son of Methuselah, and father of Noah. He lived a hundred
fourscore and two years before the birth of Noah, Gen. v, 25, 31; after
which he lived five hundred and ninety-five years longer: thus the whole
term of his life was seven hundred and seventy-seven years.