Bereshis 5:17

17 And all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and five shanah; and he died.

Bereshis 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.

Bereshis 5:17 In-Context

15 And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Yered;

16 And Mahalal’el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

17 And all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and five shanah; and he died.

18 And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two shanah, and he fathered Chanoch (Enoch):

19 And Yered lived after he fathered Chanoch (Enoch) eight hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;