Genesis 5:17

17 Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years. And 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 was sixty-five years old, he had Jared.

16 After he had Jared, he lived another 830 years, having more sons and daughters.

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

18 When Jared was 162 years old, he had Enoch.

19 After he had Enoch, he lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters.