Genesis 5:21

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:21 in Other Translations

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

21 When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he had Methuselah.

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 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.

23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37