In Genesis 11:30, this signifies that the evil and falsity of idolatrous worship reproduced itself no further. (Arcana Coelestia 1371-1372)

In 1 Samuel 2:5, this signifies the church from the gentiles, who did not have the Word. (Apocalypse Revealed 103)

In Isaiah 54:1, this signifies people who are not in good because they are not in truths, but yet long for truths, as do upright nations outside the church. (Arcana Coelestia 9325[7])

In Deuteronomy 21:4, this signifies the natural mind not cultivated by truths and goods of faith because of ignorance. (Arcana Coelestia 9262)

(Mga Sanggunian: Arcana Coelestia 1371)

533. Since nothing further is mentioned about Lamech apart from the fact that be beget sons and daughters, who are the conceptions and births of such a Church, there is no need to pause any longer over him. What these births, or sons and daughters, were, becomes clear from the Church, for the character of a Church determines that of its offspring. Both those Churches called Methuselah and Lamech breathed their last just before the flood.