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From Methuselah to Noah

Genesis 5:25

In 11 translations

BSB
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
KJV
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
WEB
Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
ASV
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
LSV
And Methuselah lives one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begets Lamech.
YLT
And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.
DBY
And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.
DRC
And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.
GNV
Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech.
JPS
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
LXXE
And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.Alex. 187 years.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְחִ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Λάμεχ.

Who and where

👤 Lamech (father of Noah)👤 Methuselah◆ Lifetime of Methuselah◆ Birth of Lamech

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 4:18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.

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