The Meaning of Genesis 5:15 Explained

Genesis 5:15

KJV: And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

YLT: And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

Darby: And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

ASV: And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Mahalaleel  lived  sixty  and five  years,  and begat  Jared: 

What does Genesis 5:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 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: Genesis 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 5:15 mean?

And lived Mahalalel five years and sixty years and he begat - Jared
וַֽיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־ יָֽרֶד

וַֽיְחִ֣י  And  lived 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָיָה  
Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל  Mahalalel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַהֲלַלְאֵל  
Sense: son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth.
חָמֵ֥שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
שָׁנִ֖ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים  and  sixty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד  and  he  begat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יָֽרֶד  Jared 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶרֶד  
Sense: son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth.

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