Genesis 5 · Verse 26

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:26, King James Version

Genesis 5:26 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBMethuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
ASVand Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
YLTAnd Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

What does Genesis 5:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. Lamech--a different person from the one mentioned in the preceding chapter [Ge 4:18]. Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah--that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Ge 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve. That this expectation was founded on a divine communication we infer from the importance attached to it and the confidence of its expression" [Peter Smith].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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Genesis 5:26 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.

וַֽיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַחme.tu.She.lachMethuselahH4968
אַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לֶ֔מֶךְLe.mekhLamechH3929
שְׁתַּ֤יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
וּשְׁמוֹנִים֙u.she.mo.Nimand eightyH8084
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּשְׁבַ֥עu.she.Va'and sevenH7651
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃u.va.Notand daughtersH1323

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

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Context

  • 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:

  • Genesis 5:27

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

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Genesis 5:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vivió Mathusalam, después que engendró á Lamech, setecientos ochenta y dos años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Methushélah, après qu’il eut engendré Lémec, vécut 782 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Methusalah lebte, nachdem er Lamech gezeugt hatte, 782 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et vixit Mathusala, postquam genuit Lamech, septingentis octoginta duobus annis, et genuit filios et filias.