Genesis 5:23

23 He lived to be 365 years old.

Genesis 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty
five years.
] A year of years, living as many years as there are days in a year; not half the age of the rest of the patriarchs: our poet ^F20 calls him one of middle age; though his being taken away in the midst of his days was not a token of divine displeasure, but of favour, as follows; see ( Psalms 55:23 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Milton's Paradise Lost, B. 11. l. 665.

Genesis 5:23 In-Context

21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.

22 After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

23 He lived to be 365 years old.

24 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

25 When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,