Genesis 5:26
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
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.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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
- And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- KJV
- And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
- WEB
- Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
- ASV
- and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters.
- DARBY
- And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.
- BLB
- And Methuselah lived after his begetting Lamech two and eighty years and seven hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.
- ÅB
- Og etter at Metusalah hadde fått Lamek, levde han enda syv hundre og to og åtti år og fikk sønner og døtre.
- OTB
- Etter Lamek ble født, levde Metusjalah i 782 år og fikk andre sønner og døtre.
- B1930
- Og efterat Metusalah hadde fått Lamek, levde han ennu syv hundre og to og åtti år og fikk sønner og døtre.