Genesis 5:28

And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,

Young's Literal Translation

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 are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

29and calleth his name Noah, saying, 'This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'

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Cross References

Luke 3:36the [son] of Salah, the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] 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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