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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 5:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Jared lived an hundred and sixty two years, and he begat Enoch.] Here the Septuagint agrees with the Hebrew text, and the Samaritan version differs, reading only sixty two; but this can hardly be thought to be his first son at such an age.
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