Genesis 5:28

And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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27And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

29And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

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Cross References

Luke 3:36The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:26-28

25 And Methuselah lived a 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. Concerning Methuselah observe, 1. The signification of his name, which some think was prophetical, his father Enoch being a prophet. Methuselah signifies, he dies, or there is a dart, or, a sending forth, namely, of the deluge, which came the… Read the whole commentary →

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