Genesis 5 · Verse 17

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
Genesis 5:17, King James Version

Genesis 5:17 in other translations

BSBSo Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
WEBAll of the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
ASVand all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
YLTAnd all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.
DARBYAnd all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
BBEAnd all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.
WebsterAnd all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.

What does Genesis 5:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:6-20

Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary…

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Genesis 5:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔לma.ha.lal.'ElMahalalelH4111
חָמֵ֤שׁcha.MeshfiveH2568
וְתִשְׁעִים֙ve.tish.'Imand ninetyH8673
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הu.she.mo.Nehand eightH8083
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃\ \סvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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A.M. 1290. B.C. 2714. died.
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Context

  • Genesis 5:16

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

  • Genesis 5:17

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

  • Genesis 5:18

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

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Genesis 5:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fueron todos los días de Mahalaleel ochocientos noventa y cinco años; y murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les jours de Mahalaleël furent 895 ans; et il mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Tage Mahalalels waren 895 Jahre, und er starb. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et facti sunt omnes dies Malaleel octingenti nonaginta quinque anni, et mortuus est.