Genesis 5:20-30

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred * sixty and two years: and he died .

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat * Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred * sixty and five years:

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred * eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred * eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred * sixty and nine years: and he died .

28 And Lamech lived an hundred * eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29 And he called his name Noah, saying , This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed .

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred * ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

Footnotes

• [a]. Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala
• [b]. Lamech: Heb. Lemech
• [c]. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort