Genesis 5:27
and all the days of Methuselah were, nine hundred and sixty-nine years,—and he died.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
In Context
28And Lamech lived, a hundred and eighty-two years,—and begat a son;
Cross References
Genesis 9:29so, all the days of Noah, were—nine hundred and fifty years,—and he died.
2 Samuel 19:32Now, Barzillai, was very aged, eighty years old,—and, he himself, had sustained the king, throughout his sojourn in Mahanaim, for he was, an exceeding 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 →