Genesis 5:25

Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

26Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:18Irad was born to Enoch. 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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