John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 5:23

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years.] A year of years, living as many years as there are days in a year; not half the age of the rest of the patriarchs: our poet f340 calls him one of middle age; though his being taken away in the midst of his days was not a token of divine displeasure, but of favour, as follows; (see <195523>Psalm 55:23).

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