And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Ver. 25. And begat Lamech,] i.e., Poverty: but yet he was endued with the gift of prophecy. Gen 5:29 He might be
“ Nudus opum, sed cui coelum terraeque paterent .”
We used to call them poor souls, whom we pity: but a man may have a rich soul, in a poor condition. Rev 2:9