Genesis 5 · Verse 28

Genesis 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Genesis 5:28, King James Version

Genesis 5:28 in other translations

BSBWhen Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
WEBLamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
ASVAnd Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
YLTAnd Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,
DARBYAnd Lemech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.
BBEAnd Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
WebsterAnd Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years; and begat a son:

What does Genesis 5:28 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…

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Genesis 5:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and he livedH2421
לֶ֕מֶךְLe.mekhLamechH3929
שְׁתַּ֧יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
וּשְׁמֹנִ֛יםu.she.mo.Nimand eightyH8084
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּמְאַ֣תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בֵּֽן\׃Bena sonH1121

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

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Context

  • Genesis 5:27

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

  • Genesis 5:28

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

  • Genesis 5:29

    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.

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Genesis 5:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Lamech ciento ochenta y dos años, y engendró un hijo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Lémec vécut 182 ans, et engendra un fils;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Lamech lebte 182 Jahre und zeugte einen Sohn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vixit autem Lamech centum octoginta duobus annis, et genuit filium: