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God Takes Up Enoch

Genesis 5:21

In 11 translations

BSB
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
KJV
¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala
WEB
Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
ASV
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
LSV
And Enoch lives sixty-five years [[or one hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets Methuselah.
YLT
And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.
DBY
And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methushelah.
DRC
And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala.
GNV
Also Henoch liued sixtie and fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah.
JPS
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.
LXXE
And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְחִ֣י חֲנ֔וֹךְ חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼχ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα.

Who and where

👤 Enoch (father of Methuselah)👤 Methuselah◆ Lifetime of Enoch◆ Birth of Methuselah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

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