Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 5:30 in context
Genesis 5:27–32
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All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
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Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
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He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
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Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
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All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32
Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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