And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five years The Septuagint version is five hundred and sixty five; and the Samaritan version six hundred: and begat sons and daughters; of which we have no account.
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And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
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And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
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And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:
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And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.
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And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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