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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 5:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, etc.] The Greek version is eight hundred and two years, and so makes the sum total of his life the same; but the Samaritan version only six hundred and fifty three, and so makes his whole life but seven hundred and twenty; and thus, instead of being the oldest, he is made the youngest of the antediluvian patriarchs, excepting his father Enoch: and begat sons and daughters; some, it is highly probable, before he beget Lamech, since then he was near two hundred years of age, as well as others after.
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