Genesis 5:16

Listen to Genesis 5:16
16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after the birth of Jared, and he fathered sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:16

And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred
and thirty years
Seven hundred and thirty, as the above version, still making the same mistake:

and he begat sons and daughters;
how many cannot be said.

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Genesis 5:16 In-Context

14 So Kenan's life lasted 910 years; then he died.
15 Mahalalel was 65 years old when he fathered Jared.
16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after the birth of Jared, and he fathered sons and daughters.
17 So Mahalalel's life lasted 895 years; then he died.
18 Jared was 162 years old when he fathered Enoch.
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