Genesis 5:28

28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;

Genesis 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat son.
] According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.

Genesis 5:28 In-Context

26 And Methuselah lived after that he begat Lamech seven hundred and two and eighty years, and begat sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.

28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;

29 and [he] called his name Noe , and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed. (and he called his name Noah, and said, This son shall bring us comfort from all the work and labour of our hands, on the land which the Lord hath cursed.)

30 And Lamech lived after that he begat Noe five hundred [and] ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters. (And after that he begat Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters.)