Genesis 5:18
in Genesis 5When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch:
KJV
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseEnoch, in that he was engendered seventh in the line of descent from Adam, prefigured that the Lord would be conceived and born not in the usual way of mortal nature but by the power of the Holy Spirit.
This 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, and the seventh in Cain's line is the other Lamech, who boasts at Genesis 4:23 of a man he killed. Luke 3 runs these same names backwards from Christ.
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 Jared lived an hundred and sixty two years, and he begat Enoch. Here the Septuagint agrees with the Hebrew text, and the Samaritan version differs, reading only sixty two; but this can hardly be thought to be his first son at such an age.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִי־ | vaychi- | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| יֶ֕רֶד | yered | Jared | H3382 → | 7 times |
| שְׁתַּ֧יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים | veshishim | and sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּמְאַ֣ת | umeat | and one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲנֽוֹךְ׃ | chanokh | Enoch | H2585 → | 16 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
יֶ֕רֶדJared
yeredH3382 →7 times
שְׁתַּ֧יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםand sixty
veshishimH8346 →59 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּמְאַ֣תand one hundred
umeatH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֲנֽוֹךְ׃Enoch
chanokhH2585 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
- Genesis 5:6–28
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Through
1 Chronicles 1:3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
it leads to
- Jude 1:14
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Genesis 5:21–31
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one…
- Jude 1:14
Through
Genesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
it leads to
- Psalms 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Ecclesiastes 2:4–11
I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- Psalms 49:11
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Bede, Homilies on the Gospels 2.15; 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.