Genesis 5:28

Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;

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In The King James Version

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

In Context

27And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.

29and [he] called his name Noe + 5:29 This name sounds like the Hebrew for ‘rest’ or ‘relief’., and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed. (and he called his name Noah, and said, This son shall bring us comfort from all the work and labour of our hands, on the land which the Lord hath cursed.)

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Cross References

Luke 3:36that was of Cainan, that was of Arphaxad, that was of Sem, that was of Noe, that was of Lamech,

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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