1338. And begat sons and daughters. That this signifies doctrinal things, is evident from the signification of “sons,” as before given n. 264, 489-491, 533).

533. As nothing more is related concerning Lamech than that he begat sons and daughters, which are the conceptions and births of such a church, we shall dwell no longer on the subject. What the births were, or the “sons and daughters” appears from the church; for such as is the church, such are the births from it. Both the churches called “Methuselah” and “Lamech” expired just before the flood.