Genesis 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah that passed were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
In Context
28Then Lamech lived for one hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived a son.
Cross References
Genesis 9:29And all his days were completed in nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.
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 →