Genesis 5:28 — Meaning and Application

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“And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:”

Genesis 5:28

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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: {Lamech: Heb. Lemech}

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

And he called his name Noah, saying, This {same} shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. {Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort}

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

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Genesis 5:1

"This {is} the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;"

Genesis 5:2

"Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."

Genesis 5:3

"And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat {a son} in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:"

Genesis 5:4

"And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:"

Genesis 5:5

"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."

Genesis 5:6

"And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: {Enos: Heb. Enosh}"

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