And Jared lived an hundred and sixty two years, and he begat Enoch. ] Here the Septuagint agrees with the Hebrew text, and the Samaritan version differs, reading only sixty two; but this can hardly be thought to be his first son at such an age.
16
Ma-hal'alel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
17
Thus all the days of Ma-hal'alel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
18
When Jared had lived a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.
19
Jared lived after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
20
Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
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