Genesis 5:31
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Genesis 5:31 in other translations
| BSB | So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. |
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| WEB | All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died. |
| ASV | And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. |
| YLT | And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth. |
| DARBY | And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. |
| BBE | And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end. |
| Webster | And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died. |
What does Genesis 5:31 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 5:31 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 5:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fueron todos los días de Lamech setecientos setenta y siete años; y murió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous les jours de Lémec furent 777 ans; et il mourut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alle Tage Lamechs waren 777 Jahre, und er starb. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et facti sunt omnes dies Lamech septingenti septuaginta septem anni, et mortuus est. Noë vero cum quingentorum esset annorum, genuit Sem, Cham et Japheth. |