Genesis 5:17

17 Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then 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 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

16 After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

17 Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.

18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

19 After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.