Genesis 5:28

28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

Genesis 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat son.
] According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.

Genesis 5:28 In-Context

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.

28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

29 And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.