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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 5:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son.] According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.
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