Genesis 5:17

17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:17 in Other Translations

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

17 Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

17 Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.

17 Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years. And he died.

17 So Mahalalel's life lasted 895 years; then he died.

Genesis 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety
and five years, and he died.
] He also is spoken well of by the Arabic writers ^F16 as a good governor, a pious man that walked in the way of righteousness; and when he died blessed his children, and adjured them by the blood of Abel, not to suffer any of theirs to descend from the mountain to the sons of Cain: according to Bishop Usher he died A. M. 1290.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Elmacinus, & Patricides in ib. p. 234.

Genesis 5:17 In-Context

15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

16 After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.