Genesis 5:20-32

20 All the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Metushelach.

22 Hanokh walked with God after he became the father of Metushelach three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

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

24 Hanokh walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

25 Metushelach lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamekh.

26 Metushelach lived after he became the father of Lamekh seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

27 All the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

28 Lamekh lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,

29 and he named him Noach, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed."

30 Lamekh lived after he became the father of Noach five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

31 All the days of Lamekh were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

32 Noach was five hundred years old, and Noach became the father of Shem, Ham, and Yefet.

Genesis 5:20-32 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.