Genesis 5:28

28 Lemekh lived 182 years and fathered 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 After Lemekh was born, Metushelach lived 782 years and had sons and daughters.

27 In all, Metushelach lived 969 years; then he died.

28 Lemekh lived 182 years and fathered a son,

29 whom he called Noach [restful]; for he said, "This one will comfort us in our labor, in the hard work we do with our hands [to get what comes] from the ground that ADONAI cursed."

30 After Noach was born, Lemekh lived 595 years and had sons and daughters.