Noah was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Surahs 71, 7, 1, and 21). The primary account of Noah in the Bible is in the Book of Genesis. Noah was the tenth of the pre-flood (antediluvian) Patriarchs. His father was Lamech and his mother is not named in the biblical accounts. When Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth (). The Genesis flood narrative makes up chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis, in the Bible. The narrative, one of many flood myths found
Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (; "Lemeḵ") was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. According to Christianity he is part of the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36. Additionally, Lamech (Arabic: "Lamk") is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which mentions him in an identical manner. Lamech is the eighth-generation descendant of Adam (Genesis 5:25), the son of Methuselah, and the father of Noah (), in the genealogy of Seth in Genesis 5. In Genesis 5:12-25, Lamech was a son of Methuselah, who was a grandson