Genesis 5:25

25 Metushelach lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamekh.

Genesis 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred and eighty and seven
years, and beget Lamech.
] The Septuagint version is an hundred and sixty seven; the Samaritan only sixty seven; the same names were given to some of the posterity of Seth as were to those of Cain, as Lamech here, and Enoch before.

Genesis 5:25 In-Context

23 all the days of Hanokh were three hundred sixty-five years.

24 Hanokh walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

25 Metushelach lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamekh.

26 Metushelach lived after he became the father of Lamekh seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

27 All the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.