Genesis 5:21

21 Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered 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 Jared lived 800 years after the birth of Enoch, and he fathered sons and daughters.

20 So Jared's life lasted 962 years; then he died.

21 Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah.

22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered sons and daughters.

23 So Enoch's life lasted 365 years.