Did lamech kill Cain

The account of Lamech is extremely brief... and on the surface, mysterious, as to why it's even recorded at all. Until it's understood for what it says.

Lamech's declaring the "sevenfold" vengeance curse of Cain upon himself, strongly suggests that he did indeed murder his great-great-great-great grandfather. But no reason is given.

However... the fact that he also murdered a "young man" suggests that he may have been easily provoked to violence... and probably learned to enjoy it. A satanic trait still prevalent in some men since then... even today.

The "seventy" fold curse Lamech calls upon himself, however, suggests that the "young man" he murdered was a "righteous" and "innocent" man who was not also a murderer as Cain was who only warranted a "sevenfold" vengeance.

Of the "righteous men" listed in The Bible during the "pre-flood" world, other than Abel, whom Cain killed, and Noah, who wasn't murdered... Enoch, who died at a very "young age" [365] for folks of those days who lived to almost a thousand year life spans, is the only other candidate who qualifies as a "righteous young man" worthy of a "seventy" fold vengeance curse upon his killer.

Most people believe that Enoch "didn't die" due to some "difficult Wording" in The Bible... but that's not what the Bible says at all.

Hebrews 11 clearly lists Enoch among God's "faithful" in the pre-flood world along with Abel and Noah... then states with abundant clarity:

"THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, not having received the promises..." (verse 13).

The Bible does NOT say that Enoch "didn't die"... but that "...he SHOULD NOT see death...". "Should not" is "future" tense, not past or present.

The Bible speaks of "TWO DEATHS" that men can experience -- the FIRST" of which is APPOINTED to us.

"...it is APPOINTED unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the JUDGMENT..." (Heb.9:27).

All men die the "appointed first death"... except for those saints of God prophesied to be alive on earth at the time of the end when Jesus' returns with the Kingdom of God.

And Jesus promises His "faithful" that they will be gathered to Him by His angels into the clouds as He approaches earth. And that the "faithful dead in Christ" [like Enoch] will be resurrected FIRST and be carried to Him, before the living saints on earth are.

These "saints of God" will be "changed" from "mortal" to "immortal" at that time, and no longer be able to die... as the prophecy states:

"...they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the REST OF THE DEAD lived not again until the thousand years were finished, This is the FIRST RESURRECTION. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the FIRST RESURRECTION [like Enoch]: on such the SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." (Rev.20:4-6)

The Bible tells us that the SECOND DEATH [which Enoch and all the other saints of God SHOULD NOT SEE] will occur at the time of JUDGMENT DAY... a thousand years after they are gathered unto the Lord at His return.

"...THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire." (verses 14-15)

The "rest of the dead"... the multiple millions who never knew God's Truth in this lifetime... will be resurrected from their graves for Judgment Day, "MORTAL"... and capable of "dying the Second Death."

Enoch "shall not see" the "second" death... but he experienced the "first" one that's appointed to all men.

And the evidence suggests that Enoch was the "young man" Lamech murdered that warranted him the "seventy" fold vengeance curse he leveled upon himself.

Satan has always hated the saints of God... and has persecuted and murdered, or has been the cause of it, sometimes stirring up other men to do the work for him, from the beginning.

[Cain against Abel, for instance; Stephen's murder, another instance; not to mention the murder of Christ, Himself: "...Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot..." Luke 22:3].

Stephen was preaching Christ when the mob was stirred against him to murder him. Likewise, according to the Bible, did Enoch preach Christ:

"Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: 'See, THE LORD IS COMING WITH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF HIS HOLY ONES [saints] to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh Words ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'" (Jude 1:14-15 NIV)

Jesus Christ WAS PREACHED IN THE PRE-FLOOD WORLD!

Were these the last Words Enoch spoke to a pre-flood mob in his day, as Stephen did in his? Was Lamech part of a mob to whom Enoch preached [or maybe its leader]? Did Satan personally enter into Lamech as he did Judas?

Perhaps that brief, seemingly meaningless account in Genesis 4 reveals what "really" happened to Enoch... as well as to Cain. That they were both murdered by the same man... the "ungodly" great, great, great, great grandson of Cain, Lamech.

Another answer:The Bible contains no record of the death of Cain, nor does the account in the latter part of Genesis 4 even suggestthat Cain was killed by Lamech.

Had Lamech not compounded the "curse of Cain" in verse 24 (multiplying and pronouncing it upon others who might be inclined to avenge themselves against him), there would be no direct mention of Cain in the account beyond verse 17. It requires a misunderstanding of verse 24 to conclude that Lamech killed Cain.