Genesis 5:26
and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters.
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25And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
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 →