Genesis 5:27

All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

In Context

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

28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:29All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.

2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

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 →

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