Genesis 5:25

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

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Genesis 5:25 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

NLT

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

MSG

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had Lamech.

CSB

25 Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 5:25 In-Context

23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Cross References 1

1. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36