Genesis 5:26

26 and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters.

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 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:

26 and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters.

27 And all the dayes of Methusala were .ix. hundred .lxix yere and than he dyed.

28 And Lamech lyved an hundred .lxxxij. yere and begat a sonne