Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

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In The King James Version

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

In Context

24And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

26And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

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Cross References

Genesis 4:18And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:22-25

Translation of Enoch. ( b. c. 3017.) 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 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. The accounts here run on for several generations without any thing remarkable, or any variation but of the names and numbers; but at length there comes in one that must not be… Read the whole commentary →

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