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Genesis 5 |
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Genesis 5:1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Adam was made in the image of God; but when villainy he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees.
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1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
The reason for this break in the narrative [in the description of the genealogies to the flood] was, I take it, that the writer, as though bidden by God, was unwilling to have the beginning of world chronology reckoned from the earthly city (that is, from the generation of Cain), and so he deliberately went back to Adam for a new beginning. If we ask why this return to recapitulate was made immediately after mentioning Seth’s son, the man who hoped to call upon the name of the Lord God, the answer must be that this was the proper way to present the two cities. The one begins and ends with a murderer, for Lamech, too, as he admitted to his two wives, was a murderer. The other city begins with the man who hoped to call upon the name of the Lord God, for the invocation of God is the whole and the highest preoccupation of the city of God during its pilgrimage in this world. It is symbolized in the one “man” (Enosh) born of the “resurrection” (Seth) of the man who was slain (Abel). That one man in fact is a symbol of the unity of the whole heavenly city, which is not yet in the fullness that it is destined to reach and which is adumbrated in this prophetic figure.
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Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Adam was made in the image of God; but when villainy he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees.
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1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Adam was made in the image of God; but when villainy he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees.
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1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Adam was made in the image of God; but when villainy he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-5
1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Adam was made in the image of God; but when villainy he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees.
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1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Now notice that when the inspired writer sets forth the length of the lives of the men he mentions, the narrative always ends with the formula “and he begot sons and daughters, and all the time that so and so lived were so many years, and he died.” Considering that these sons and daughters are not named and remembering how long people lived in that first period of our history, can anyone refuse to believe that so great a multitude of men was born as to have been able, in groups, to build a great number of cities? City of God
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Genesis 5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
For a wise man should remove himself from fleshy pleasures, elevate his soul and draw away from the body. This is to know oneself a man—homo in Latin but Enosh in the language of the Chaldeans. Isaac, or the Soul
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Genesis 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be a prisoner in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 6-20
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Genesis 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, [Amos 3:3]. It unequaled all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy Spirit, instead of saying, Enoch lived, says, Enoch walked with God. This was his constant care and work; while others lived to themselves and the world, he lived to God. It was the joy of his life. Enoch was removed to a better world. As he did not live like the rest of mankind, so he did not leave the world by death as they did. He was not found, because God had translated him, [Heb 11:5]. He had lived but 365 years, which, as men’s ages were then, was but the midst of a man’s days. God often takes those soonest whom he loves best; the time they lose on earth, is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage. See how Enoch’s removal is expressed: he was not, for God took him. He was not any longer in this world; he was changed, as the saints shall be, who are alive at Christ’s second coming. Those who begin to walk with God when young, may expect to walk with him long, comfortably, and usefully. The true Christian’s steady walk in holiness, through many a year, till God takes him, will best recommend that religion which many oppose and many abuse. And walking with God well agrees with the cares, comforts, and duties of life.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 21-24
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:24And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
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Enoch and Elijah were transported hence without suffering death, which was only postponed. The day will come when they will actually die that they may extinguish Antichrist with their blood. There was a legend that St. John the Evangelist was to live till the second coming, but he died.
Author: Tertullian of Carthage Rank: Author AD: 220
Well, then, do not say, “I am impeded by the flesh, so I cannot win out or take on myself efforts to acquire virtue.” Do not thus accuse your Creator. For if the flesh makes it impossible to possess virtue, the fault is not ours. However, the company of the saints has shown that in reality it does not make this impossible. The nature of the flesh did not prevent Paul, for instance, from becoming such a saint as he became or Peter from receiving the keys of heaven. Further, Enoch, though possessed of the flesh, was taken by God and seen no more.
The mind is so caught up in this way that the hearing no longer takes in the voices outside and images of the passerby no longer come to sight and the eye no longer sees the mounds confronting it or the gigantic objects rising up against it. No one will possess the truth and the power of all this unless he has direct experience to teach him. The Lord will have turned the eyes of his heart away from everything of the here and now, and he will think of these as not transitory so much as already gone, smoke scattered into nothing. He walks with God, like Enoch. He is gone from a human way of life, from human concerns. He is no longer to be found amid the vanity of this present world. The text of Genesis relates that this actually happened to Enoch in the body: “Enoch walked with God and was not to be found because God had taken him away.” The apostle says, “Because of his faith, Enoch was taken up so that he did not have to encounter death.” –.
Enoch “hoped to invoke the Lord.” His accomplishment consisted not in hoping for knowledge, mark you, but rather in hoping for invocation of the Lord. Enoch was “transferred”—yes, but it is quite unclear whether this was a consequence or a precondition of his comprehending God’s nature.
Some say that while Adam was looking [at Enoch] God transported him to paradise lest Adam think that Enoch was killed as was Abel and so be grieved. This was so that Adam might also be comforted by this just son of his and that he might know that for all who were like this one, whether before death or after the resurrection, paradise would be their meeting place. .
We also find that Enoch, who pleased God, was transported, as divine Scripture testifies in Genesis and says, “And Enoch pleased God and was not seen later because God took him.” This was pleasing in the sight of God—that Enoch merited being transported from the contagion of this world. But the Holy Spirit teaches also through Solomon that those who please God are taken from here earlier and more quickly set free, lest while they are tarrying too long in this world they be corrupted by familiarity with the world.
Then the Scripture states that after some time had elapsed, there was a man named Enoch, whose justice merited a singular privilege: that he should not experience present death but should be transported to immortality from the midst of mortals. This incident shows that one just man is dearer to God than many sinners.
Enoch called upon God in hope and so is thought to have been transported. And so only that man who puts his hope in God seems to be “man.” Moreover, the clear and truthful sense of the passage is that one who puts his hope in God does not dwell on earth but is transported, so to speak, and cleaves to God. Isaac, or the Soul
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
The Holy Spirit also came down “and filled the whole house, where very many were sitting, and there appeared parted tongues as of fire.” Good are the wings of love, the true wings that flew about through the mouths of the apostles, and the wings of fire that spoke the pure word. On these wings Enoch flew when he was snatched up to heaven. Isaac, or the Soul
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
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Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, [Amos 3:3]. It unequaled all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy Spirit, instead of saying, Enoch lived, says, Enoch walked with God. This was his constant care and work; while others lived to themselves and the world, he lived to God. It was the joy of his life. Enoch was removed to a better world. As he did not live like the rest of mankind, so he did not leave the world by death as they did. He was not found, because God had translated him, [Heb 11:5]. He had lived but 365 years, which, as men’s ages were then, was but the midst of a man’s days. God often takes those soonest whom he loves best; the time they lose on earth, is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage. See how Enoch’s removal is expressed: he was not, for God took him. He was not any longer in this world; he was changed, as the saints shall be, who are alive at Christ’s second coming. Those who begin to walk with God when young, may expect to walk with him long, comfortably, and usefully. The true Christian’s steady walk in holiness, through many a year, till God takes him, will best recommend that religion which many oppose and many abuse. And walking with God well agrees with the cares, comforts, and duties of life.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 21-24
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:24And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
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Genesis 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, [Amos 3:3]. It unequaled all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy Spirit, instead of saying, Enoch lived, says, Enoch walked with God. This was his constant care and work; while others lived to themselves and the world, he lived to God. It was the joy of his life. Enoch was removed to a better world. As he did not live like the rest of mankind, so he did not leave the world by death as they did. He was not found, because God had translated him, [Heb 11:5]. He had lived but 365 years, which, as men’s ages were then, was but the midst of a man’s days. God often takes those soonest whom he loves best; the time they lose on earth, is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage. See how Enoch’s removal is expressed: he was not, for God took him. He was not any longer in this world; he was changed, as the saints shall be, who are alive at Christ’s second coming. Those who begin to walk with God when young, may expect to walk with him long, comfortably, and usefully. The true Christian’s steady walk in holiness, through many a year, till God takes him, will best recommend that religion which many oppose and many abuse. And walking with God well agrees with the cares, comforts, and duties of life.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 21-24
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:24And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
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Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, [Amos 3:3]. It unequaled all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy Spirit, instead of saying, Enoch lived, says, Enoch walked with God. This was his constant care and work; while others lived to themselves and the world, he lived to God. It was the joy of his life. Enoch was removed to a better world. As he did not live like the rest of mankind, so he did not leave the world by death as they did. He was not found, because God had translated him, [Heb 11:5]. He had lived but 365 years, which, as men’s ages were then, was but the midst of a man’s days. God often takes those soonest whom he loves best; the time they lose on earth, is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage. See how Enoch’s removal is expressed: he was not, for God took him. He was not any longer in this world; he was changed, as the saints shall be, who are alive at Christ’s second coming. Those who begin to walk with God when young, may expect to walk with him long, comfortably, and usefully. The true Christian’s steady walk in holiness, through many a year, till God takes him, will best recommend that religion which many oppose and many abuse. And walking with God well agrees with the cares, comforts, and duties of life.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 21-24
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:24And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
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Genesis 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
There is a famous question that has been aired by discussion in all churches: that by a careful reckoning it can be shown that Methuselah lived fourteen years after the flood. It appears that in this case as in many others, in the Septuagint translation of the Bible there is an error in the numbers. Among the Hebrews and the books of the Samaritans, I have found the text written thus: “Methuselah lived a hundred and eightyseven years and became the father of Lamech. Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eightytwo years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixtynine years; and he died. And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty two years and begot Noah.” Accordingly, there are years from the day of Methuselah’s birth to the day of Noah’s birth; to these add Noah’s six hundred years, since the flood occurred in the six hundredth year of his life, and so it works out that Methuselah died in the nine hundred sixtyninth year of his life, in the same year when the flood began.
Moreover the difference in numbers that we find between the Hebrew text and our own constitutes no disagreement about this longevity of the ancients. If any discrepancy is such that the two versions cannot both be true, we must seek the authentic account of events in the language from which our text was translated. Though this opportunity is universally available to those who wish to take it, yet, significantly enough, no one has ventured to correct the Septuagint version from the Hebrew text in the very many places where it seems to offer something different. The reason is that those differences were not considered falsifications, nor do I think that they should be so regarded in any way. Rather, where no error by the copyist is ascertained and where the sense would be harmonious with the truth and would proclaim the truth, we should believe that they were moved by the Holy Spirit to say something differently, not as part of the service that they did as translators but as exercising the freedom that they enjoyed as prophets.
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Genesis 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Enoch begot Methuselah, and Methuselah begot Lamech, and Lamech begot Noah (whose name means “relief” in Hebrew and Syriac). Lamech prophesied about his son and said, “This one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands and from the earth which the Lord cursed.” His offerings … will be pleasing to God who, because of the sin of the earth’s inhabitants, will destroy in the waters of wrath the buildings that we have made and the plants over which our hands have toiled. .
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Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father’s complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labor, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out of it. Lamech hoped for relief by the birth of this son, "This same shall comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also a prospect of something more. Is Christ ours? Is heaven ours? We need better comforters under our toil and sorrow, than the dearest relations and the most promising offspring; may we seek and find comforts in Christ.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 25-32
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
After recounting the ten generations from Adam to Noah, Moses said, “Noah was five hundred years old and begot Shem and Ham and Japheth.” During this entire time Noah was an example to his sons by his virtue, for he had preserved virginity for five hundred years among those of whom it was said, “All flesh corrupted its path.” .
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