Genesis 5:26

26 Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born. He also had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred
eighty and two years
The Greek version is eight hundred and two years, and so makes the sum total of his life the same; but the Samaritan version only six hundred and fifty three, and so makes his whole life but seven hundred and twenty; and thus, instead of being the oldest, he is made the youngest of the antediluvian patriarchs, excepting his father Enoch: and begat sons and daughters;
some, it is highly probable, before he beget Lamech, since then he was near two hundred years of age, as well as others after

Genesis 5:26 In-Context

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.
28 Lamech lived 182 years. Then he had a son.
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