Genesis 5:30

וַֽיְחִי ־ לֶמֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת ־ נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ נֹחַ לֵאמֹר זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂנוּ וּמֵעִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ מִן ־ הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵֽרְרָהּ יְהוָֽה ׃

31וַֽיְהִי כָּל ־ יְמֵי ־ לֶמֶךְ שֶׁבַע וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת ׃ ס

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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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