However , Ibn Kathir records him to have been the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah , one of the patriarchs from the Generations of Adam .
Little is known of Noah 's personal history before his call to prophecy .
Ibn Kathir records him to have been the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah , one of the patriarchs from the Generations of Adam .
Little is known of Noah 's personal history before his call to prophecy .