Genesis 5:28

28 Lamech lived 182 years. Then he had a son.

Genesis 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat son.
] According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.

Genesis 5:28 In-Context

26 Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born. He also had other sons and daughters.

27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. Then he died.

28 Lamech lived 182 years. Then he had a son.

29 He named him Noah. Lamech said, "He will comfort us when we are working. He'll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard. That's because the LORD has put a curse on the ground."

30 Lamech lived 595 years after Noah was born. He also had other sons and daughters.