Genesis 5:17-27

17 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five * years, and he died.

18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two * years, and became the father of Enoch.

19 Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.

20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two * years, and he died.

21 Enoch lived sixty-five * years, and became the father of Methuselah.

22 Then Enoch ¹walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.

23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five * years.

24 ²Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God ³took him.

25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

26 Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine * years, and he died.

Genesis 5:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 48:15; Micah 6:8; Malachi 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:12
• 2. 2 Kings 2:11; Jude 14
• 3. 2 Kings 2:10; Psalms 49:15; Psalms 73:24; Hebrews 11:5