Genesis 5:25

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, 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 365 years,
24 walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.
25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
26 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
27 Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
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