The Cave of Treasures 23
The Death of Lamech
Lamech died at seven hundred and seventy years, still during the lifetime of his father Methuselah.
1nd when Lamech had lived seven hundred and seventy -years, he died during the lifetime of Methuselah, his father, forty years before the Flood, on the twenty-first day of the month of Ilal (September), on the first day of the week (Sunday), in the sixty-eighth year of the life of Shem, the firstborn of Noah. And Noah his firstborn embalmed him, and Methuselah his father swathed him for burial, and they buried him in the Cave of Treasures, and mourned for him forty days.
Did You Know?
Lamech died at seven hundred and seventy years, still during the lifetime of his father Methuselah.
His death fell forty years before the Flood, on the twenty-first day of Ilal, or September.
Lamech died on a Sunday, in the sixty-eighth year of the life of Shem, Noah's firstborn.
Noah embalmed Lamech while Methuselah swathed the body for burial in the Cave of Treasures.
After burying Lamech in the Cave of Treasures, the mourners observed a forty-day period of mourning.
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