Genesis 5:25-32 ▼

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

26 After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son,

29 whom he named Noah, because he said, |May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the LORD has cursed.|

30 After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

31 Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then died.

32 After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.