Genesis 5:23-32

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

26 et vixit Mathusalam postquam genuit Lamech septingentos octoginta duos annos et genuit filios et filias

27 et facti sunt omnes dies Mathusalae nongenti sexaginta novem anni et mortuus est

28 vixit autem Lamech centum octoginta duobus annis et genuit filium

29 vocavitque nomen eius Noe dicens iste consolabitur nos ab operibus et laboribus manuum nostrarum in terra cui maledixit Dominus

30 vixitque Lamech postquam genuit Noe quingentos nonaginta quinque annos et genuit filios et filias

31 et facti sunt omnes dies Lamech septingenti septuaginta septem anni et mortuus est

32 Noe vero cum quingentorum esset annorum genuit Sem et Ham et Iafeth

Genesis 5:23-32 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.