The Meaning of Genesis 5:17 Explained

Genesis 5:17

KJV: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

YLT: And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

Darby: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

ASV: and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 5:17?

MEANING: What does Genesis 5:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 5:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 5:17?

What is the context of Genesis 5:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

What does Genesis 5:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Gen 5:1-24 - Posterity Of Adam

In contrast to Cain's line in the previous chapter, we have Seth's in this. Note the curious similarity in the names, as though the Cainites professed all that the Sethites held, but lacked the reality and power. There have always been these two families in the world, tares and wheat, goats and sheep. This is an old-world cemetery; we walk among old monuments with time-worn inscriptions. Though the Sethites were God-fearers, they were tinged with Adam's sin. He was made in God's image, but they in His. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." We need what is described in Colossians 3:10 and Ephesians 4:23. The birth of Methuselah seems to have had a profound influence on his father. After that he walked with God. Faith will enable us to do the same, because it makes the unseen visible and God real. Go God's way: keep God's pace: talk to Him aloud and constantly, as the great Companion. [source]

Chapter Summary: Gen 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

What do the individual words in Genesis 5:17 mean?

So were all the days of Mahalalel five and ninety years and eight hundred years and he died -

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־ יְמֵ֣י מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת ס

וַיִּהְיוּ֙	So were
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יְמֵ֣י	the days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל	of Mahalalel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מַהֲלַלְאֵל Sense: son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth.
חָמֵ֤שׁ	five
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: חָמֵשׁ Sense: five.
וְתִשְׁעִים֙	and ninety
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: תִּשְׁעִים Sense: ninety.
שָׁנָ֔ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה	and eight
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular Root: שְׁמֹנֶה Sense: eight, eighth.
מֵא֖וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
וַיָּמֹֽת	and he died
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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