Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:30 in other translations
| BSB | And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. |
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| WEB | Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
| ASV | And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| YLT | And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
| DARBY | And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters. |
| BBE | And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters: |
| Webster | And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: |
What does Genesis 5:30 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…
Genesis 5:30 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:31
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Genesis 5:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Lamech, después que engendró á Noé, quinientos noventa y cinco años: y engendró hijos é hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Lémec, après qu’il eut engendré Noé, vécut 595 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Lamech lebte, nachdem er Noah gezeugt hatte, 595 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vixitque Lamech, postquam genuit Noë, quingentis nonaginta quinque annis, et genuit filios et filias. |