Genesis 5:25

25 Methuselah lived 187 years. Then he became the father of 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 Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked with God. Then he couldn't be found, because God took him from this life.
25 Methuselah lived 187 years. Then he became the father of Lamech.
26 Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born. He also had other sons and daughters.
27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. Then he died.
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