Genesis 5:23

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

Genesis 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty
five years.
] A year of years, living as many years as there are days in a year; not half the age of the rest of the patriarchs: our poet ^F20 calls him one of middle age; though his being taken away in the midst of his days was not a token of divine displeasure, but of favour, as follows; see ( Psalms 55:23 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Milton's Paradise Lost, B. 11. l. 665.

Genesis 5:23 In-Context

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.

24 and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away.

25 And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij. yere and begat Lamech: