Genesis 9:29
in Genesis 9So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
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ASV
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
KJV
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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This verse in Genesis 9
Commentary
6 notes on this verse(Verse 29.) And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years. Behold, after the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years. From which it is clear that one hundred and twenty years were given to that generation, as we have said before, for repentance, and not for the establishment of mortal life.
This site's exposition
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years
on Genesis 9:28-29
Noah lives 350 years after the flood, and the refrain of Genesis 5 closes over him, and then he died. The man who walked through the judgment still comes under the sentence of 3:19. Jerome reads the 120 years of 6:3 as a term of warning to that generation.
This site's exposition
a total of 950 years
Noah's 950 years rank third in Genesis, after Methuselah and Jared. Jerome pressed his 350 years after the flood against reading 6:3 as a limit of 120 years on a human life.
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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years,....
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵי־ | yemei- | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נֹ֔חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| תְּשַׁ֤ע | tesha' | nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| מֵאוֹת֙ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ פ | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙and they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵי־[the] days of
yemei-H3117 →2304 times
נֹ֔חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
תְּשַׁ֤עnine
tesha'H8672 →58 times
מֵאוֹת֙hundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםand fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ פand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 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
Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
it leads to
- James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 78:39
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
- 2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
- Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- James 4:14
Through
Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Genesis 6:10
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 9:22–27
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 10:21
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This page draws on Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.