Genesis 5:30

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.)

Genesis 5:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:30

And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety
and five years
The Septuagint version is five hundred and sixty five; and the Samaritan version six hundred: and begat sons and daughters;
of which we have no account.

Genesis 5:30 In-Context

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.)
31 And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred [and] seventy and seven years, and he was dead. (And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died.)
32 Forsooth Noe, when he was of five hundred years, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.)
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