Genesis 5:31
in Genesis 5So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
KJV
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. According to the Greek version, he lived but seven hundred and fifty three; and according to the Samaritan version, only six hundred and fifty three: but it is best and safest in these, and all the above numbers, to follow the original Hebrew, and the numbers in that, with which the Targum of Onkelos exactly agrees, written about the time of Christ; and these numbers were just the same when the two Talmuds were composed.
This 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
a total of 777 years
Apart from Enoch, Lamech lived the fewest years in the chapter, 777. Gill gave 753 for the Greek and 653 for the Samaritan, and held the Hebrew years safest, with the Targum of Onkelos agreeing. Methuselah and Noah outlived him.
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 all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. According to the Greek version, he lived but seven hundred and fifty three; and according to the Samaritan version, only six hundred and fifty three: but it is best and safest in these, and all the above numbers, to follow the original Hebrew, and the numbers in that, with which the Targum of Onkelos exactly agrees, written about the time of Christ; and these numbers were just the same when the two Talmuds were composed.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵי־ | yemei- | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לֶ֔מֶךְ | lemekh | Lamech | H3929 → | 11 times |
| שֶׁ֤בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וְשִׁבְעִים֙ | veshivim | and seventy | H7657 → | 91 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 |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵי־[the] days of
yemei-H3117 →2304 times
לֶ֔מֶךְLamech
lemekhH3929 →11 times
שֶׁ֤בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
וְשִׁבְעִים֙and seventy
veshivimH7657 →91 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven
usheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ סand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 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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About Genesis
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.