Genesis 5:21

21 And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere ad begat Mathusala.

Genesis 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.
] Here the Septuagint version adds again an hundred years; and that Enoch had a son, whose name was Methuselah, is affirmed by Eupolemus ^F18, an Heathen writer; and Enoch being a prophet gave him this name under a spirit of prophecy, foretelling by it when the flood should be; for his name, according to Bochart ^F19, signifies, "when he dies there shall be an emission", or sending forth of waters upon the earth, to destroy it,

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 17. p. 419.
F19 Thaleg. l. 2. c. 13. col. 88. so Ainsworth.

Genesis 5:21 In-Context

19 and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

20 And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij. yere and than he dyed.

21 And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere ad begat Mathusala.

22 And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala .iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

23 And all the dayes of Henoch were .iij. hundred and .lxv. yere.