Genesis 5:28
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.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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 Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
- KJV
- And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
- WEB
- Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
- ASV
- And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
- DARBY
- And Lemech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.
- BLB
- And Lamech lived two and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat a son.
- ÅB
- Da Lamek var hundre og to og åtti år gammel, fikk han en sønn,
- OTB
- Da Lamek var 182 år, fikk han en sønn.
- B1930
- Da Lamek var hundre og to og åtti år gammel, fikk han en sønn,