Genesis 5:25

From Methuselah to Noah

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 So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

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

26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

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