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Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

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Genesis 5:25 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

WEB World English Bible

Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.

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22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

26 And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

27 And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

28 And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

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