Genesis 5:27

And all the dayes of Methuselah were nine hundreth sixtie & nine yeres, and he dyed.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

In Context

26And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seue hundreth eightie and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

28Lamech liued an hundreth eyghtie & two yeres, and begate a sonne,

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Cross References

Genesis 9:29And all the dayes of Noah, were nine hundred and fiftie yeres, and he dyed.

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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