Genesis 5:26-32

26 Methuselah lived 782 years after the birth of Lamech, and he fathered sons and daughters.

27 So Methuselah's life lasted 969 years; then he died.

28 Lamech was 182 years old when he fathered a son.

29 And he named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us relief^[a] from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed."

30 Lamech lived 595 years after Noah's birth, and he fathered sons and daughters.

31 So Lamech's life lasted 777 years; then he died.

32 Noah was 500 years old, and he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:26-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

Footnotes

• [a] The Hb word translated bring us relief sounds like the name of Noah.