Genesis 5:26

26 Methu'selah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred
eighty and two years
The Greek version is eight hundred and two years, and so makes the sum total of his life the same; but the Samaritan version only six hundred and fifty three, and so makes his whole life but seven hundred and twenty; and thus, instead of being the oldest, he is made the youngest of the antediluvian patriarchs, excepting his father Enoch: and begat sons and daughters;
some, it is highly probable, before he beget Lamech, since then he was near two hundred years of age, as well as others after

Genesis 5:26 In-Context

24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
25 When Methu'selah had lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech.
26 Methu'selah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters.
27 Thus all the days of Methu'selah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
28 When Lamech had lived a hundred and eighty-two years, he became the father of a son,
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