Genesis 5:17-32

Ge 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

 

Then all the days of Mahalaleel were 895 years and he died.

 

Ge 5:18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

 

Jared lived 162 years and he begat Enoch who was his direct son.  The name “Enoch” means “teacher, initiated, dedicated.”

 

Ge 5:19

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

 

Jared lived 800 years after he begat Enoch and he also begat sons and daughters.

 

Ge 5:20

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

 

Jared lived a total of 962 years making him the longest living man in the line up to this point.

 

Ge 5:21

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

 

Enoch lived sixty five years and begat Methuselah whose name means “man of the Javelin or it shall be sent.”  “It shall be sent” is referring to the deluge which will come upon the earth in the time of Noah.


Ge 5:22

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

 

Enoch must have been a strong believer as he walked with God in obedience and in the fear of the LORD.  He must have had strong faith in God.  Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3)  He walked in obedience to God for three hundred years after Methuselah was born and he also begat sons and daughters.

 

Ge 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

 

Enoch lived on earth a total of 365 years and if you notice the phrase “and he died” is not attributed to Enoch.  The reason is found in the next verse.


Ge 5:24

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

 

Enoch was taken to Heaven by God and did not have to face death as the others in the line did.  Elijah was the other one who went to Heaven and did not face death.  And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:11)  Thee two are given as examples that when the Lord Jesus Christ returns, many believers on earth will be taken to Heaven without having to see death.

 

Ge 5:25

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

 

Then Methuselah lived 187 years and he begat Lamech whose name means “over thrower, a strong young man or who is stuck.”  This is not the same Lamech who was in the line of Cain but this Lamech was in the line of Christ and was the father of Noah.


Ge 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

 

After Methuselah begat Lamech he lived an additional 782 years and he also begat sons and daughters.  When looking at the lengths of their lives, they no doubt had sired many children in each line.

 

Ge 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

 

Methuselah lived a total of 969 years old making him the longest living human being on earth and then he died.

 

Ge 5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

 

Lamech lived 182 years and he begot a son and that son became very famous in the Scriptures.

 

Ge 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.

 

Lamech called the name of his son Noah which means “rest.”  He will be a type of Christ as he builds the ark to save the eight people who will begin to repopulate the earth again after the deluge.  The prophecy given was that the comfort which would come from the curse would be the Messiah who would put an end to all work for salvation and save his people by grace.  It was Noah who found grace in the eyes of the LORD because he was in the line of Christ.  At that time it seemed that the effects of the God’s curse on the ground may have been getting worse and their toils and efforts to till the ground was increasing to the point of exasperation and they thought that Noah would intercede with God on the behalf since his name meant “rest.”

 

Ge 5:30

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

 

After Lamech had begotten Noah he lived an additional 595 years and he too begat other sons and daughters.

 

Ge 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

 

Lamech lived a total of 777 years and then he died.  Notice how the lengths of time are diminishing on the lives of the Antediluvians.  We started out at 930 and we find ourselves at 777 which is 153 years shorter.

 

Ge 5:32

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

 

Then Noah was 500 years old when he begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Japheth was the second son of Noah who after the flood went to the western and northern parts of the earth.  The Medians, Greeks, Romans, Russians and Gaul are said to be sons of Japheth.  Ham was the youngest son of Noah and from him came the Egyptians, Africans, Babylonians, Philistines, and Canaanites.  Shem was the first son of Noah and was the ancestor of Christ.  We get the term “Semitic” from his name.  The true Christian is considered a spiritually Semitic person regardless of nationality.  Those who hate Christians are the true Anti-Semites.  There are four sets of Semitic people in the present world: Hebrews, Phoenicians, Arabs, and Akkadians.  The modern Jews are not Hebrews but Gentile converts to the false religion of Judaism.  Anti-Semitism does not apply to the modern Jews but only to the true Christians and the four groups named.

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