Genesis 5:27
25 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.
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
29 And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
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
- So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
- KJV
- And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
- WEB
- All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
- ASV
- And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
- DARBY
- And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
- BLB
- And all the days of Methuselah were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.
- ÅB
- Og alle Metusalahs dager ble ni hundre og ni og seksti år; så døde han.
- OTB
- Så alle de dager Metusjalah levde var 969 år, og så døde han.
- B1930
- Og alle Metusalahs dager blev ni hundre og ni og seksti år; så døde han.