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From Methuselah to Noah

Genesis 5:31

In 11 translations

BSB
So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
KJV
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
WEB
All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
ASV
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
LSV
And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy-seven years [[or seven hundred and fifty-three years]], and he dies.
YLT
And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.
DBY
And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.
DRC
And all the days of Lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
GNV
So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.
JPS
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.
LXXE
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.

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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
וַֽיְהִי֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־לֶ֔מֶךְ שֶׁ֤בַע וְשִׁבְעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Λάμεχ, ἑπτακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα τρία ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε.

Who and where

👤 Lamech (father of Noah)◆ Lifetime of Lamech◆ Death of Lamech

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  • 5:31a in some Bibles

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