And unto Enoch was born Irad
But of neither of them is any other mention made, either in
sacred or profane history; nor is it said how old Enoch was when
Irad was born, nor how long he lived after; as is recorded of
Adam, Seth, and their posterity:
[and] Irad begat Mehujael, [and] Mehujael begat
Methusael;
of whom also we have no other account;
[and] Methusael begat Lamech;
and it seems for the sake of Lamech that the genealogy of Cain's
posterity is described and carried down thus far, some things
being to be taken notice of concerning him. The names of the
immediate posterity of Genos or Cain, according to Sanchoniatho,
and, as Philo Byblius F12 has translated them, were light,
fire, and flame; who found out fire by rubbing pieces of wood
together, and taught the use of it, from whence they seem to have
their names. These begat sons that exceeded others in bulk and
height, whose names were given to the mountains they first
possessed, and from them were called Cassius, Libanus,
Antilibanus, and Brathy; and of them were begotten Memrumus and
Hypsuranius, so called by their mothers, women, who, without
shame, lay with everyone they could meet with; of these came
Agreus and Halieus, the inventors of fishing and hunting; and
these seem to answer to the generations from Cain to Lamech; and
it is no wonder Moses should take no more notice of such a set of
men; which, according to their own historian, deserved but little
regard.