Genesis 5 · Verse 25

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Genesis 5:25, King James Version

Genesis 5:25 in other translations

BSBWhen Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
WEBMethuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
ASVAnd Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
YLTAnd Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.
DARBYAnd Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.
BBEAnd Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
WebsterAnd Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

What does Genesis 5:25 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:25-32
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labour, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 5:25 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.

וַיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַחme.tu.She.lachMethuselahH4968
שֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
וּשְׁמֹנִ֛יםu.she.mo.Nimand eightyH8084
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּמְאַ֣תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לָֽמֶךְ\׃La.mekhLamechH3929

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

Cross references for Genesis 5:25

  • Genesis 4:18

    And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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Context

  • Genesis 5:24

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  • Genesis 5:25

    And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

  • Genesis 5:26

    And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

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Genesis 5:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vivió Mathusalam ciento ochenta y siete años, y engendró á Lamech.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Methushélah vécut 187 ans, et engendra Lémec.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Methusalah lebte 187 Jahre und zeugte Lamech.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vixit quoque Mathusala centum octoginta septem annis, et genuit Lamech.