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Genesis 5:21

What does Genesis 5:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 5:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methushelah.

Context

v.20and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

v.21This passage

v.22and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 3:37

    the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

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