Genesis 5:30
in Genesis 5And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
KJV
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
May this one comfort us
on Genesis 5:29-31
Lamech asks for comfort in the labor and toil of his hands. This is the second Lamech, and the first used his voice to boast of vengeance at 4:23. He names the boy Noah and dies five years before the flood; the comfort came in a form he never named.
This site's exposition
Lamech lived 595 years
By the Hebrew numbers Lamech died five years before the flood. The father who asked for comfort from the cursed ground died before the waters rose, with his son 595 years old. Adam Clarke derived the name Noah from a word meaning rest.
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
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, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five years,.... The Septuagint version is five hundred and sixty five; and the Samaritan version six hundred: and begat sons and daughters; of which we have no account.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִי־ | vaychi- | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| לֶ֗מֶךְ | lemekh | Lamech | H3929 → | 11 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הוֹלִיד֣וֹ | holido | fathered he | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נֹ֔חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| חָמֵ֤שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וְתִשְׁעִים֙ | vetishim | and ninety | H8673 → | 20 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | vachamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵאֹ֖ת | 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 |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
לֶ֗מֶךְLamech
lemekhH3929 →11 times
אַֽחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הוֹלִיד֣וֹfathered he
holidoH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נֹ֔חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
חָמֵ֤שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
וְתִשְׁעִים֙and ninety
vetishimH8673 →20 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five
vachameshH2568 →343 times
מֵאֹ֖תhundred<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
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.