# Lamech — The City of God character guide

> Lamech in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Methusael begat Lamech, the fifth Methusael, the sixth Lamech, Methusael begat

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Descendant of Cain, father of Noah, and a figure in the genealogy of the patriarchs.

## In the story

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Son of Methuselah and father of Noah; the only generation with a slight discrepancy in total lifespan, 24 years more in the Hebrew manuscripts.

### [Of Methuselah's Age and the Chronological Discrepancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xi)

Son of Methuselah and father of Noah; his age is used in the calculation.

### [Chapter XIII: On the Discrepancies Between the Hebrew and Septuagint Chronologies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii)

His birth from Methuselah is part of the chronological discussion.

### [Of the two fathers and leaders who sprang from one progenitor.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

The last named father of Cain's line, who married two wives and whose children include a woman, signifying the earthly city's carnal end.

### [The Generations of Cain and Seth: The Two Cities Before the Flood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xx)

Seventh from Adam through Cain; his children (three sons and a daughter) complete the number eleven, signifying transgression.

### [Chapter XXI: The Two Cities from Cain and Seth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi)

Descendant of Cain who acknowledges committing murder, ending the earthly city's line in murder.

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