Genesis 5:25

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had Lamech.

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 Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.
25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had Lamech.
26 After he had Lamech, he lived another 782 years.
27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. And he died.
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