Genesis 5:15-25

15 vixit autem Malalehel sexaginta quinque annos et genuit Iared

16 et vixit Malalehel postquam genuit Iared octingentis triginta annis et genuit filios et filias

17 et facti sunt omnes dies Malalehel octingenti nonaginta quinque anni et mortuus est

18 vixitque Iared centum sexaginta duobus annis et genuit Enoch

19 et vixit Iared postquam genuit Enoch octingentos annos et genuit filios et filias

20 et facti sunt omnes dies Iared nongenti sexaginta duo anni et mortuus est

21 porro Enoch vixit sexaginta quinque annis et genuit Mathusalam

22 et ambulavit Enoch cum Deo postquam genuit Mathusalam trecentis annis et genuit filios et filias

23 et facti sunt omnes dies Enoch trecenti sexaginta quinque anni

24 ambulavitque cum Deo et non apparuit quia tulit eum Deus

25 vixit quoque Mathusalam centum octoginta septem annos et genuit Lamech

Genesis 5:15-25 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.