World English Bible
Genesis 5:26
“Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.”
Verse in context — Genesis 5
24
Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
25
Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.
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Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
27
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
28
Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,
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