Genesis 5:21

21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.
] Here the Septuagint version adds again an hundred years; and that Enoch had a son, whose name was Methuselah, is affirmed by Eupolemus ^F18, an Heathen writer; and Enoch being a prophet gave him this name under a spirit of prophecy, foretelling by it when the flood should be; for his name, according to Bochart ^F19, signifies, "when he dies there shall be an emission", or sending forth of waters upon the earth, to destroy it,

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 17. p. 419.
F19 Thaleg. l. 2. c. 13. col. 88. so Ainsworth.

Genesis 5:21 In-Context

19 After Enoch's birth, Jared lived 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

20 In all, Jared lived 962 years, and he died.

21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

22 Enoch walked with God. After Methuselah's birth, Enoch lived 300 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

23 In all, Enoch lived 365 years.