Genesis 5:13

13 And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:13

And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred
and forty years
The Septuagint has seven hundred and forty, which, added to the years given him before, makes the same sum:

and begat sons and daughters;
as his progenitors did.

Genesis 5:13 In-Context

11 And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and (then) he was dead.

12 Also Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. (And Cainan lived seventy years, and then begat Mahalaleel.)

13 And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Cainan were made nine hundred and ten years, and (then) he was dead.

15 Forsooth Mahalaleel lived sixty years and five, and begat Jared. (And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and then begat Jared.)