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Genesis 5:26

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26 En Methusalach leefde, nadat hij Lamech gewonnen had, zevenhonderd twee en tachtig jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren.

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

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Genesis 5:26 In-Context

24 Henoch dan wandelde met God; en hij was niet meer; want God nam hem weg.
25 En Methusalach leefde honderd zeven en tachtig jaren, en hij gewon Lamech.
26 En Methusalach leefde, nadat hij Lamech gewonnen had, zevenhonderd twee en tachtig jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren.
27 Zo waren al de dagen van Methusalach negenhonderd negen en zestig jaren; en hij stierf.
28 En Lamech leefde honderd twee en tachtig jaren, en hij gewon een zoon.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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