Genesis 5:25
New International Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

New Living Translation
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

English Standard Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

Berean Standard Bible
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

King James Bible
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

New King James Version
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

New American Standard Bible
Now Methuselah lived 187 years, and fathered Lamech.

NASB 1995
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

NASB 1977
And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Methuselah lived 187 years and became the father of Lamech.

Amplified Bible
When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old, he became the father of Lamech.

Christian Standard Bible
Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.

American Standard Version
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Contemporary English Version
When Methuselah was 187, he had a son named Lamech.

English Revised Version
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

Good News Translation
When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,

International Standard Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

Majority Standard Bible
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

NET Bible
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

New Heart English Bible
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

World English Bible
Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Methuselah lives one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begets Lamech.

Young's Literal Translation
And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Methuselah shall live seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and he shall beget Lamech.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Likewise, Methuselah lived for one hundred and eighty-seven years, and then he conceived Lamech.

New American Bible
When Methuselah was one hundred and eighty-seven years old, he begot Lamech.

New Revised Standard Version
When Methuselah had lived one hundred eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Methushelakh lived a hundred and eighty and seven years and begot Lamek:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
From Methuselah to Noah
25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 26And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.…

Cross References
Genesis 5:21-24
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. / And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. / So Enoch lived a total of 365 years. ...

Genesis 5:26-27
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. / So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 4:17-18
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. / Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.

Genesis 11:10-11
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. / And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12-13
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. / And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14-15
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. / And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:16-17
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. / And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18-19
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. / And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20-21
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. / And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22-23
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. / And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24-25
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. / And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26-27
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. / This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

1 Chronicles 1:1-4
Adam, Seth, Enosh, / Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, / Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. ...

1 Chronicles 1:24-27
So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah, / Eber, Peleg, Reu, / Serug, Nahor, Terah, ...

Luke 3:36-37
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, / the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,


Treasury of Scripture

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.

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Genesis 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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Genesis 5
1. Recapitulation of the creation of man.
3. The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.
22. Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.
25. The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons














When Methuselah was 187 years old
The name "Methuselah" is often associated with longevity, as he is recorded as the longest-lived human in the Bible. The Hebrew root of Methuselah's name can be interpreted as "man of the dart" or "his death shall bring," which some scholars suggest may have prophetic implications, especially considering the timing of the flood in relation to his death. The age of 187 years, while extraordinary by modern standards, reflects the antediluvian (pre-flood) context where lifespans were significantly longer. This extended lifespan is often seen as a testament to the purity and vitality of early human generations, living closer to the time of creation.

he became the father of Lamech
The act of becoming a father at such an advanced age underscores the unique conditions of the pre-flood world. Lamech, Methuselah's son, is a significant figure as he is part of the lineage leading to Noah, who plays a pivotal role in the Genesis narrative. The name "Lamech" may derive from a root meaning "powerful" or "strong," which could reflect his role in the genealogy leading to a new beginning for humanity through Noah. This generational link highlights the continuity of God's plan through specific chosen individuals, emphasizing the importance of family lineage in the unfolding of divine history.

Verses 25-32. - The shortest life was followed by the longest, Methuselah begetting, at the advanced age of 187, Lamech, - strong or young man (Gesenius); overthrower, wild man (Furst); man of, prayer (Murphy), - continuing after his son s birth 782 years, and at last succumbing to the stroke of death in the 969th year of his age, the year of the Flood. Lamech, by whom the line was carried forward, was similarly far advanced when he begat a son, at the age of 182, and called his name Noah, - "rest," from nuach, to rest (cf. Genesis 8:4), - not "The Sailor," from the Latin no, and the Greek ναῦς (Bohlen), but at the same time explaining it by saying, This same shall comfort - na-cham, to pant, groan, Piel to comfort. "Nuach and nacham are stems not immediately connected, but they both point back to a common root, nch, signifying to sigh, breathe, rest, lie down" (Murphy) - us concerning our work and toil of our hands. To say that Lamech anticipated nothing more than that the youthful Noah would assist him in the cultivation of the soil (Murphy) is to put too little into, and to allege that" this prophecy his father uttered of him, as he that should be a figure of Christ in his building of the ark, and offering of sacrifice, whereby God smelled a sweet savor of rest, and said he would not curse the ground any more for man's sake, Genesis 8:21" (Ainsworth), is to extract too much from his language. Possibly he had nothing but a dim, vague expectation of some good thing - the destruction of sinners in the Flood (Chrysostom), the use of the plough (R. Solomon), the grant of animal food (Kalisch), the invention of the arts and implements of husbandry (Sherlock, Bush) - that God was about to bestow upon his weary heritage; or at most a hope that the promise would be fulfilled in his son s day (Bonar), if not in his son himself (Calovius). The fulfillment of that promise he connects with a recall of the penal curse which Jehovah had pronounced upon the soil. Because of the ground which the Lord - Jehovah, by whom the curse had Been pronounced (Genesis 3:17) - hath cursed. The clause is not a Jehovistic interpolation (Bleek, Davidson, Colenso), but a proof "that the Elohistic theory is unfounded" ('Speaker's Commentary').

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When Methuselah
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח (mə·ṯū·še·laḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4968: Methuselah -- perhaps 'man of the dart', a descendant of Seth

was
וַיְחִ֣י (way·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

187
וּמְאַ֣ת (ū·mə·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years old,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

he became the father of
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

Lamech.
לָֽמֶךְ׃ (lā·meḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3929: Lamech -- a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth


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