The first Lamech mentioned in our scripture: Genesis 4 23-24 Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, listen to me; you wives of Lamech, hear me out: I killed a man for wounding me, a young man who attacked me. If Cain is avenged seven times, for Lamech it’s seventy-seven! Does that sound familiar? One bullet stuck in the USS Maddox meant war and we killed 3 million Vietnamese. And saved our reputation.