Genesis 5:28

28 When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son.

Genesis 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat son.
] According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.

Genesis 5:28 In-Context

26 And after Methuselah had fathered Lamech, he lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and fathered sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

28 When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son.

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one {shall relieve us} from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.

30 And after Lamech had fathered Noah he lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he fathered sons and daughters.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "On the day"