Genesis 5 · Verse 18

Genesis 5:18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis 5:18, King James Version

Genesis 5:18 in other translations

BSBWhen Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
WEBJared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.
ASVAnd Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch:
YLTAnd Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.
DARBYAnd Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.
BBEAnd Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:
WebsterAnd Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

What does Genesis 5:18 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 5:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and he livedH2421
יֶ֕רֶדYe.redJaredH3382
שְׁתַּ֧יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםve.shi.Shimand sixtyH8346
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּמְאַ֣תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חֲנֽוֹךְ\׃cha.NokhEnochH2585

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Cross references for Genesis 5:18

  • Jude 1:14-15

    And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:3

    Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

  • Genesis 4:17

    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

  • Luke 3:37

    Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 622. B.C. 3382. Enoch.
4:17; 1Ch 1:3
Henoch.
Lu 3:37; Jude 1:14,15

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Context

  • 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:

  • Genesis 5:19

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

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Genesis 5:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vivió Jared ciento sesenta y dos años, y engendró á Henoch.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jéred vécut 162 ans, et engendra Hénoc.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jered lebte 162 Jahre und zeugte Henoch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vixitque Jared centum sexaginta duobus annis, et genuit Henoch.