The Meaning of Genesis 5:25 Explained

Genesis 5:25

KJV: And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

YLT: And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

Darby: And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.

ASV: And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Methuselah  lived  an hundred  eighty  and seven  years,  and begat  Lamech: 

What does Genesis 5:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 5:25-32 - The Wickedness Of Men
When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means "Rest."He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the strain of daily toil. But his hope was premature: rest was not yet: the Deluge would soon sweep over the works of men. The world must await the true Rest-giver, who said, "Come unto Me." It was an age of abounding wickedness, but the language describing it is obscure. Some think that "the sons of God" were fallen angels; others that the seed of Seth became joined in marriage with the daughters of Cain. But God's Spirit strove with man, and though a limit was put to His pleadings, yet He sought men with yearning remonstrance, till His Holy Spirit received the final negative and turned away disappointed and grieved. There was considerable delay. For 120 years the Spirit of God waited. See 1 Peter 3:20. He will not wait for ever, Luke 13:9. [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 5:25 mean?

And lived Methuselah seven and eighty years and a hundred years and he begat - Lamech
וַיְחִ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־ לָֽמֶךְ

וַיְחִ֣י  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.
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח  Methuselah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְתוּשֶׁלַח  
Sense: son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech.
שֶׁ֧בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים  and  eighty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁמֹנִים  
Sense: eighty, fourscore.
שָׁנָ֖ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וּמְאַ֣ת  and  a  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
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.
לָֽמֶךְ  Lamech 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶמֶךְ  
Sense: the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah.

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