Genesis 5:26
in Genesis 5And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
KJV
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Methuselah was 187 years old
on Genesis 5:25-28
Methuselah reached 969 years, longer than any man in Scripture, and then he died. He became the father of Lamech at 187 and lived 782 years more. The numbers put his death in the year of the flood, and Jamieson reads his name as a warning built into the family. The etymology is disputed.
This site's exposition
Methuselah lived 782 years
By the Greek numbers Methuselah lived fourteen years after the flood, which Jerome called the famous question of all the churches. Gill gave 167 as the Greek age when Methuselah became the father of Lamech. By the Hebrew years, 187 and 782, he died in the flood year.
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 Awakening2 voices
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years,....
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah--that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Ge 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve.
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A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah--that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Ge 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִ֣י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח | metushelach | Methuselah | H4968 → | 6 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הוֹלִיד֣וֹ | holido | fathered he | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֶ֔מֶךְ | lemekh | Lamech | H3929 → | 11 times |
| שְׁתַּ֤יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וּשְׁמוֹנִים֙ | ushemonim | and eighty | H8084 → | 38 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּשְׁבַ֥ע | usheva' | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֥וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בָּנִ֖ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבָנֽוֹת׃ | uvanot | and daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
וַֽיְחִ֣יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַחMethuselah
metushelachH4968 →6 times
אַֽחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הוֹלִיד֣וֹfathered he
holidoH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
לֶ֔מֶךְLamech
lemekhH3929 →11 times
שְׁתַּ֤יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וּשְׁמוֹנִים֙and eighty
ushemonimH8084 →38 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven
usheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
בָּנִ֖יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
וּבָנֽוֹת׃and daughters
uvanotH1323 →588 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); Chuck Missler, The Book of Genesis; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).