Genesis 5:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. ”

Genesis 5:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר s e pher “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן qēynān , Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. < מהללאל mah...
Genesis 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Sethite Genealogy of Antediluvians. With the exception of Genesis 5:29 this comes from P, as is clear from the style, each statement being cast in the same mould, and the whole forming a mere catal...
Genesis 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. The days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years - This is the longest life mentioned in Scripture, an...
Genesis 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Descendants of Adam to Noah The purpose of the historian in giving the names and ages of the antediluvian Patriarchs was, no doubt, to show the glorious ancestry of the chosen race, and to acc...
Genesis 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
Genesis 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Wickedness of Men Genesis 5:25-32 ; Genesis 6:1-8 When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means “ Rest. ”He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the...
Genesis 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have a condensed account of fifteen centuries in human history. The ruin of the race had come through man's belief in the devil's lie. "Ye shall not surely die." The repetition thr...
Genesis 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah signifies rest. A proper name for hi...
Genesis 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years, and he died ,.... This was the oldest man that ever lived, no man ever lived to a thousand years: the Jews give this as a reaso...
Genesis 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. Ver. 27. And all the days of Methuselah. ] He lived longest of any, yet wanted thirty-one years of a thousand. O...
Genesis 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FAMILY OF ADAM - THROUGH SETH This chapter is called "the book of the genealogy of Adam" (v.1). However, the line of Cain is omitted and only the line of Seth included. The reason for this is in...
Genesis 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ...
Genesis 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was the longest time that any man lived. But it is observable that neither his nor any of the patriarch's lives reached to a thousand years, which number hath some shadow of perfection. He died...
Genesis 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eig...
Genesis 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Notwithstanding the measure of difficulty standing in the way of ascertaining the meaning of the proper names of Scripture, the subject cannot be wisely neglected: what we do know i...
Genesis 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 5:1 . The book of generations; the princely line of holy patriarchs, from whom the Messiah descended. Genesis 5:4 . And begat sons and daughters; but not being primogenitors of the pro...
Genesis 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

This is the book of the generations of Adam Distinguished men I. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE PECULIARITY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. Adam; the first human being to (1) in...
Genesis 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

§ 3. THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM ( CH . 5:1-6:8) EXPOSITION The present section carries forward the inspired narrative another stage, in which the onward progress or development of the human...
Genesis 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

From Enoch to Shem, Ham, and Japheth
Genesis 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 1656. B.C. 2348. he died. See Genesis 5:5

Genesis 5:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge