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Genesis 5:30 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. "
Genesis 5:30
Verse in Context
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28 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
29 He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
30 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32 Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Genesis 5:1
"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness."
Genesis 5:2
"He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam."
Genesis 5:3
"Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth."
Genesis 5:4
"The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters."
Genesis 5:5
"All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died."
Genesis 5:6
"Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh."
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