And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech:
25. Methuselah ] According to the Hebrew text and the Samaritan version, Methuselah lived the longest of all the patriarchs, and, according to their figures, his death at the age of 969 years occurred in the year of the Flood.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Methuselah lived an hundred and eighty and seven years, and beget Lamech. The Septuagint version is an hundred and sixty seven; the Samaritan only sixty seven; the same names were given to some of the posterity of Seth as were to those of Cain, as Lamech here, and Enoch before.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
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: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Concerning Methuselah observe, 1. The signification of his name, which some think was prophetical, his father Enoch being a prophet. Methuselah signifies, he dies, or there is a dart, or, a sending forth, namely, of the deluge, which came the very year that Methuselah died. If indeed his name was so intended and so explained, it was fair warning to a careless world, a long time before the judgment came. However, this is observable, that the longest liver that ever was carried death in his name, that he might be reminded of its coming surely, though it came slowly. 2. His age: he lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, the longest we read of that ever any man lived on earth; and yet he died. The longest liver must die at last. Neither youth nor age will discharge from that war, for that is the end of all men: none can challenge life by long prescription, nor make that a plea against the arrests of death. It is commonly supposed that Methuselah died a little before the flood; the Jewish writers say, “seven days before,” referring to ch. vii. 10, and that he was taken away from the evil to come, which goes upon this presumption, which is generally received, that all the patriarchs mentioned in this chapter were holy good men. I am loth to offer any surmise to the contrary; and yet I see not that this can be any more inferred from their enrollment here among the ancestors of Christ than that all those kings of Judah were so whose names are recorded in his genealogy, many of whom, we are sure, were much otherwise: and, if this be questioned, it may be suggested as probable that Methuselah was himself drowned with the rest of the world; for it is certain that he died that year.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
Verses 25-32:
Enoch’s son Methuselah lived longer than any other human of record. He outlived his grandfather Jared by seven years. According to the chronology listed here and Ge 7:6, Methuselah died the year of the flood. Whether or not he perished in the flood is not known. Methuselah’s son Lamech died five years before the flood.
Some have computed the chronology of the human family from Adam’s creation to the time of the flood, using the genealogical table in chapter 5. The Hebrew text gives this time span as 1,656 years. The Spetuagint places the time as 2,262 years. The difference is accounted for by the variation of the numerical value assigned to certain Hebrew letters and expressions. This genealogical table is in conflict with findings of various historical accounts, in the realms of anthropology and biology. This conflict may be resolved when two factors are considered.
(1) The conclusions of biologists and anthropologists may themselves be in error, being based upon faulty assumptions and incorrect data. Some presuppose that man did not come into being by Divine creation, but evolved over millennia from a lower life-form. To accommodate this theory, they assume that the process of evolution requires many transitional forms of life. They grasp at bits and pieces of evidence: bone fragments, deposits of artifacts in various earth strata, assumptions based on various dating techniques such as carbon or argon, assuming a constant rate of decay and transition of elements. Such theories have repeatedly been proven invalid. What often passes as “science” is in reality theory, speculation based upon what one observes, which in turn is colored by what one believes. This is not true science.
(2) The variation of genealogical tables elsewhere in the Scriptures is another factor in the problem. These are often condensed, by referring to certain descendants as “sons” when in reality they are grandsons or further removed descendants. An example of this occurs in Mt 1:17, in the genealogy of Jesus. This table omits the names of three kings: Ahaziah, Jehoash, and Amaziah. Verse 8: “Joram begat Oziah (Uzziah).” But 1Ch 26:1 lists Amaziah as the father of Uzziah. Joram (Jehoram, 1 Kings 8:21-24) was Uzzziah’s great-great-grandfather. There are other examples of this in various genealogical tables.
There may have indeed been only 1,656 years from the time of Adam to the flood of Noah’s day. But the evidence is such that one cannot be dogmatic in regard to this figure.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist 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 him, who was a type of the promised rest to all the people of God. Methinks, I would ask my heart, while reading the name of Noah, and his father’s hopes concerning him, whether I can say, in reference to our spiritual Noah, even the Lord Jesus Christ, shall the same comfort me?
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 5:25 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
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Gen 5:25-27
25Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. 26Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. 27So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
Gen 5:26 Lamech This name possibly means (1) strong (2) youth; (3) warrior; or (4) conqueror (BDB 541). KB mentions an Arabic root meaning very powerful man. This name is also found in Cain’s line (cf. Gen 4:18 ff). This implies (1) the name was common or (2) there is some connection between the two genealogies.
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Lamech (powerful).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the Wickedness of Men
Gen 5:25-32; Gen 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 strain of daily toil. But his hope was premature: rest was not yet: the Deluge would soon sweep over the works of men. The world must await the true Rest-giver, who said, Come unto Me. It was an age of abounding wickedness, but the language describing it is obscure. Some think that the sons of God were fallen angels; others that the seed of Seth became joined in marriage with the daughters of Cain. But Gods Spirit strove with man, and though a limit was put to His pleadings, yet He sought men with yearning remonstrance, till His Holy Spirit received the final negative and turned away disappointed and grieved. There was considerable delay. For 120 years the Spirit of God waited. See 1Pe 3:20. He will not wait for ever, Luk 13:9.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
am 874, bc 3130, Gen 4:18, *marg.
Reciprocal: 1Ch 1:3 – Methuselah