Genesis 5:21
Verse 21 of 32. The 5th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
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Genesis 5:21 in the World English Bible
Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.Read Genesis 5:21 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21
It is said (v. 21), he lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah; but (v. 22) he walked with God after he begat Methuselah, which intimates that he did not begin to be eminent for piety till about that time; at first he walked but as other men. Great saints arrive at their eminence by degrees.
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21–24: Translation of Enoch. (b. c. 3017.)
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