Genesis 5:17

17 All the days of Mahalal'el were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

Genesis 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety
and five years, and he died.
] He also is spoken well of by the Arabic writers ^F16 as a good governor, a pious man that walked in the way of righteousness; and when he died blessed his children, and adjured them by the blood of Abel, not to suffer any of theirs to descend from the mountain to the sons of Cain: according to Bishop Usher he died A. M. 1290.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Elmacinus, & Patricides in ib. p. 234.

Genesis 5:17 In-Context

15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Yered.

16 Mahalal'el lived after he became the father of Yered eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

17 All the days of Mahalal'el were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

18 Yered lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of Hanokh.

19 Yered lived after he became the father of Hanokh eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.