Bereshis 5:21

21 And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Metushelach;

Bereshis 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.
] Here the Septuagint version adds again an hundred years; and that Enoch had a son, whose name was Methuselah, is affirmed by Eupolemus ^F18, an Heathen writer; and Enoch being a prophet gave him this name under a spirit of prophecy, foretelling by it when the flood should be; for his name, according to Bochart ^F19, signifies, "when he dies there shall be an emission", or sending forth of waters upon the earth, to destroy it,

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 17. p. 419.
F19 Thaleg. l. 2. c. 13. col. 88. so Ainsworth.

Bereshis 5:21 In-Context

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

20 And all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two shanah; and he died.

21 And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Metushelach;

22 And Chanoch walked with HaElohim after he fathered Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

23 And all the days of Chanoch were three hundred sixty and five shanah;