Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Enoch	חֲנ֔וֹךְ cha.Nokh	H2585	Chanok · proper noun, a man's name
lived	וַֽיְחִ֣י vay.Chi	H2421	to live · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sixty	וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים ve.shi.Shim	H8346	sixty · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
five	חָמֵ֥שׁ cha.Mesh	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנָ֑ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
begat	וַיּ֖וֹלֶד vai.Yo.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Methuselah	מְתוּשָֽׁלַח me.tu.Sha.lach	H4968	Methushelach · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Luke 3:37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21-24

The accounts here run on for several generations without any thing remarkable, or any variation but of the names and numbers; but at length there comes in one that must not be passed over so, of whom special notice must be taken, and that is Enoch, the seventh from Adam: the rest, we may suppose, did virtuously, but he excelled them all, and was the brightest star of the patriarchal age. It is but little that is recorded concerning him; but this little is enough to make his name great, greater than the name of the other Enoch, who had a city called by his name. Here are two things concerning him: - I. His gracious conversation in this world, which is twice spoken of: Enoch walked with God a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:21

Enoch . . . begat Methuselah--This name signifies, "He dieth, and the sending forth," so that Enoch gave it as prophetical of the flood. It is computed that Methuselah died in the year of that catastrophe.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:3

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, etc. - The Scripture chronology especially in the ages of some of the antediluvian and postdiluvian patriarchs, has exceedingly puzzled chronologists, critics, and divines. The printed Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, and Josephus, are all different, and have their respective vouchers and defenders. The following tables of the genealogies of the patriarchs before and after the flood, according to the Hebrew, Samaritan, and Septuagint, will at once exhibit the discordances. For much satisfactory information on this subject I must refer to A New Analysis of Chronology, by the Rev. William Hales, D.D., 3 vols. 4th., London, 1809. And begat a…

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John Gill on Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah. Here the Septuagint version adds again an hundred years; and that Enoch had a son, whose name was Methuselah, is affirmed by Eupolemus (r), an Heathen writer; and Enoch being a prophet gave him this name under a spirit of prophecy, foretelling by it when the flood should be; for his name, according to Bochart (s), signifies, "when he dies there shall be an emission", or sending forth of waters upon the earth, to destroy it, (r) Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 17. p. 419. (s) Thaleg. l. 2. c. 13. Colossians 88. so Ainsworth.

The Church Fathers

Furthermore, Enoch lived sixty-five years and begot Methuselah, and walked with God. After he begot Methuselah, he lived for three hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. It is said that he walked with God. He followed God's will and precepts in all things, with God dwelling in him, possessing, and ruling over his heart, he performed good works outwardly, according to that of the prophet: "I will show you, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of you: certainly to do justice and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). And as Zachariah says: "I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk in His name, says the Lord" (Zachariah 10:12). However, it is not said that Enoch walked with God for three hundred years after Methuselah was born, as if he had not obeyed divine commands even before his birth; but rather by this sentence, it simply indicates that he did not serve God with good work for more than three hundred years after Methuselah's birth in this life. But after these years were completed, he followed God to the further joys of life. For it continues:
— Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

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Dictionary and topics

Enoch — Initiated. (1.) The eldest son of Cain (Gen. 4:17), who built a city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it “after the name of his son Enoch.” This is the first “city” mentioned in Scripture.…
Methuselah — Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen.…
Enoch · 3. Father of Methuselah. Transporting of — 3. Father of Methuselah. Transporting of
Methuselah · General references — General references
Prophets · Mentioned in scripture: Enoch — Mentioned in scripture: Enoch

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Genesis 5:21

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:3

John Gill on Genesis 5:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 5:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:21

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:3

John Gill on Genesis 5:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 5:5-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 5:3–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 5:6

Rashi on Genesis 5:3