Genesis 5:17-27

17 and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety-five years and he died.

18 And Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years and he begat Enoch;

19 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years and begat sons and daughters;

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

21 And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah;

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years and begat sons and daughters;

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

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

25 And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;

26 and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years and begat sons and daughters;

27 and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred 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.