Genesis 5:27
And all the days of Methushelach were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
In Context
28And Lemek lived a hundred and eighty and two years, and begat a son.
Cross References
Genesis 9:29And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty 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 →