Genesis 5:25

When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

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In The King James Version

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

In Context

24Enoch walked with God, and then he was gone, for God took him.

26After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years. He became the father of more sons and daughters.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:18To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:22-25

Translation of Enoch. ( b. c. 3017.) 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. The accounts here run on for several generations without any thing remarkable, or any variation but of the names and numbers; but at length there comes in one that must not be… Read the whole commentary →

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