Genesis 5:20-30

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.

28 And Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years and begat a son;

29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety-five years and begat sons and daughters;

Genesis 5:20-30 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.