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AndוַMethuselahמְתוּשֶׁלַחlivedיְחִיafterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹLamechאֶת לֶמֶךְseven hundredשְׁבַע מֵאוֹתandוּeighty-twoשְׁמוֹנִים שְׁתַּיִם וּyearsשָׁנָה שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Genesis 5:26
Study it in the app“And Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years and fathered sons and daughters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 5:26, word by word
- Methuselahמְתוּשֶׁלַחmetushelach
Methuselah
Methuselah, son of Enoch; the oldest person mentioned in the Bible (969 years).
Where else “metushelach” appears- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- he fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- Lamechלֶמֶךְlemech
Lamech
Lamech, the name of two men before the flood: a descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18-24) and the father of Noah (5:25-31).
Where else “lemech” appears- seven hundredשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- seven hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- eighty-twoשְׁמוֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- eighty-twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears
Parallel passages
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From Adam to Noah
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Genesis 5:1-32
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created the human being, in the likeness of Elohim he made him. 2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and called their name “Human Being” in the day they were created. 3And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth. 4And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years; and he fathered sons and daughters. 5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. 6And Seth lived one hundred and five years and fathered Enosh. 7And Seth lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters. 8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years and he died. 9And Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan. 10And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years and fathered sons and daughters. 11And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years and he died. 12And Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalalel. 13And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years and fathered sons and daughters. 14And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years and he died. 15And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and fathered Jared. 16And Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared eight hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters. 17And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years and he died. 18And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and fathered Enoch. 19And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch eight hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years and he died. 21And Enoch lived sixty-five years and fathered Methuselah. 22And Enoch walked with Elohim after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24And Enoch walked with Elohim, and he was not, for Elohim took him.
1Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The context
25And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and fathered Lamech.
26 · This verse (above)
27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years and he died.
To study Genesis 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does the text say about Enoch and how his life ended (vv. 22-24)?
2. What it means
What does it show about human life that nearly every name in the list ends with “and he died”?
3. How I live it
What would you like people to remember about how you walked with Elohim, as is said of Enoch?