Genesis 5:15
in Genesis 5When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
KJV
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis 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. The seventh from Adam 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִ֣י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל | mahalalel | Mahalalel | H4111 → | 7 times |
| חָמֵ֥שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנִ֖ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים | veshishim | and sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָֽרֶד׃ | yared | Jared | H3382 → | 7 times |
וַֽיְחִ֣יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔לMahalalel
mahalalelH4111 →7 times
חָמֵ֥שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנִ֖יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
וְשִׁשִּׁ֣יםand sixty
veshishimH8346 →59 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָֽרֶד׃Jared
yaredH3382 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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
1 Chronicles 1:2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
it leads to
- Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
- Genesis 5:12–20
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- Genesis 5:9
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
- Luke 3:37
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.