Genesis 5:18
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- KJV
- And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
- WEB
- Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.
- ASV
- And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch:
- DARBY
- And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.
- BLB
- And Jared lived two and sixty years and a hundred years, and he begat Enoch.
- ÅB
- Da Jared var hundre og to og seksti år gammel, fikk han sønnen Enok.
- OTB
- Da Jared var 162 år, fikk han Enok.
- B1930
- Da Jared var hundre og to og seksti år gammel, fikk han sønnen Enok.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jude 1:14–15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Read in contextGenesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Read in contextLuke 3:37
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
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