Genesis 5:30

Lamech lived for five hundred ninety and five years after he had Noah, and had sons and daughters.

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And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

In Context

29He named him Noah, saying: “He will bring us relief from our work and the toil of our hands which comes from the ground the Lord cursed.”

31In total, Lamech lived for seven hundred seventy and seven years; and then he died.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:29-32

Account of Noah. ( b. c. 2448.) 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,… Read the whole commentary →

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