Genesis 5:20

20 Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 Jared lived a total of 962 years. And he died.
American Standard Version (ASV)
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 Jared lived a total of 962 years; then he died.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 So Jared's life lasted 962 years; then he died.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 Jared lived a total of 962 years. Then he died.

Genesis 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two
years, and he died.
] The name of this patriarch signifies "descending"; and, according to the Arabic writers F17, he had his name from the posterity of Seth, descending from the holy mountain in his time; for upon a noise being heard on the mountain, about an hundred men went down to the sons of Cain, contrary to the prohibition and dehortation of Jared, and mixed themselves with the daughters of Cain, which brought on the apostasy: when Jared was near his end, he called to him Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, and their children, and said unto them, ye know what some have done, that they have gone down from the mountain, and have had conversation with the daughters of Cain, and have defiled themselves; take you care of your purity, and do not descend from the holy mountain; after which he blessed them, and having appointed Enoch his successor, he died the twelfth of Adar, answering to February, A. M. 1922: according to the Samaritan version, he lived only eight hundred and forty seven years: he died, according to Bishop Usher, A. M. 1422.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Elmacinus, & Patricides in ib. p. 235.

Genesis 5:20 In-Context

18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
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