Genesis 5:25
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine 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 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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