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Genesis 5:21-32
English Standard Version
Genesis 5:21-32
English Standard Version
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch (A)walked with God[a] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch (B)walked with God, and he was not,[b] (C)for God took him.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground (D)that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[c] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered (E)Shem, Ham, and (F)Japheth.
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- Genesis 5:22 Septuagint pleased God; also verse 24
- Genesis 5:24 Septuagint was not found
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
Genesis 5:21-32
New International Version
Genesis 5:21-32
New International Version
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.(A) 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God(B) 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God;(C) then he was no more, because God took him away.(D)
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.(E) 26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah[a](F) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(G)” 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old,(H) he became the father of Shem,(I) Ham and Japheth.(J)
Footnotes
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
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