Genesis 5:25

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son named Lamech.

Genesis 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred and eighty and seven
years, and beget Lamech.
] The Septuagint version is an hundred and sixty seven; the Samaritan only sixty seven; the same names were given to some of the posterity of Seth as were to those of Cain, as Lamech here, and Enoch before.

Genesis 5:25 In-Context

23 So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked with God; one day Enoch could not be found, because God took him.
25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son named Lamech.
26 After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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