Genesis 5:28
in Genesis 5When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
KJV
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
6 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, and the numbers put his death in the year of the flood, which Jamieson reads as a warning built into his name. The etymology is disputed.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Enoch begot Methuselah, and Methuselah begot Lamech, and Lamech begot Noah (whose name means "relief" in Hebrew and Syriac).
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 Awakening3 voices
The first words of the chapter are the title or argument of the whole chapter: it is the book of the generations of Adam; it is the list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam, not of all, but only of the holy seed who were the substance thereof ( Isa. vi. 13 ), and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came ( Rom. ix.
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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.
The first words of the chapter are the title or argument of the whole chapter: it is the book of the generations of Adam; it is the list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam, not of all, but only of the holy seed who were the substance thereof ( Isa. vi. 13 ), and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came ( Rom. ix.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
[THIS SAME SHALL COMFORT US.] Lamech was informed by Adam, who was a prophet, that through his newborn child the land would live.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 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 |
| לֶ֕מֶךְ | lemekh | Lamech | H3929 → | 11 times |
| שְׁתַּ֧יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים | ushemonim | and eighty | H8084 → | 38 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 |
| בֵּֽן׃ | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
לֶ֕מֶךְLamech
lemekhH3929 →11 times
שְׁתַּ֧יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וּשְׁמֹנִ֛יםand eighty
ushemonimH8084 →38 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּמְאַ֣תand one hundred
umeatH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
בֵּֽן׃a son
benH1121 →4930 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; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 5.2.2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.