Genesis 5:25
23 So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then 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.
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- BSB
- When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- KJV
- And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
- WEB
- Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
- ASV
- And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
- DARBY
- And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.
- BLB
- And Methuselah lived seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat Lamech.
- ÅB
- Da Metusalah var hundre og syv og åtti år gammel, fikk han sønnen Lamek.
- OTB
- Da Metusjalah var 187 år, fikk han Lamek.
- B1930
- Da Metusalah var hundre og syv og åtti år gammel, fikk han sønnen Lamek.
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Cross references
Genesis 4:18
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
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