Genesis - 5:28

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28 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 5:28.

Differing Translations

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And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.
And Lemech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.
And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,
And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
Then Lamech lived for one hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived a son.
Et vixit Lemech duos et octoginta annos et centum annos: et genuit filium.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.

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