Genesis 5:18-28

18 And Jared lived an hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) begat Enoch.

19 And Jared lived after that he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 And all the days of Jared were made nine hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.

21 Forsooth Enoch lived five and sixty years, and (then) begat Methuselah.

22 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God); and Enoch lived after that he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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

24 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God), and appeared not afterward, for God took him away.

25 Also Methuselah lived an hundred and seven and eighty years, and begat Lamech. (And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and then begat Lamech.)

26 And Methuselah lived after that he begat Lamech seven hundred and two and eighty years, and begat sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.

28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;

Genesis 5:18-28 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.