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Genesis 5:17 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.”

Genesis 5:17

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15

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: {Jared: Heb. Jered}

16

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

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And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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