Genesis 5:30

And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

Young's Literal Translation

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

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.'

31And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

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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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