Genesis 5:17
in Genesis 5So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
KJV
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Mahalalel was 65 years old
on Genesis 5:15-20
Mahalalel is the fifth from Adam, Jared the sixth, and Enoch the seventh. Jude 14 names Enoch the seventh from Adam when he quotes his prophecy. The seventh from Adam in Cain's line is the other Lamech, who boasts at Genesis 4:23 of a man he killed.
This site's exposition
a total of 895 years
Mahalalel died at 895, the first man in the list to fall short of 900 years. Of later fathers, only Enoch and Lamech had fewer years. Matthew Henry held that these men found long life light to carry.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
It should be noted that where our Codices, translated from the Hebrew source, say Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years and begot Seth, the ancient translation has, instead of one hundred and thirty, two hundred and thirty; where our Codices continue, "And the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years, and he died. He also is spoken well of by the Arabic writers (p) as a good governor, a pious man that walked in the way of righteousness; and when he died blessed his children, and adjured them by the blood of Abel, not to suffer any of theirs to descend from the mountain to the sons of Cain: according to Bishop Usher he died A. M. 1290. (p) Elmacinus, & Patricides in ib. p. 234.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְיוּ֙ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל | mahalalel | Mahalalel | H4111 → | 7 times |
| חָמֵ֤שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וְתִשְׁעִים֙ | vetishim | and ninety | H8673 → | 20 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיִּהְיוּ֙and they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔לMahalalel
mahalalelH4111 →7 times
חָמֵ֤שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
וְתִשְׁעִים֙and ninety
vetishimH8673 →20 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ סand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.