And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
31. and all the days of Lamech ] Lamech’s life of 770 years was shorter than Methuselah’s by 192 years. His death occurred five years before the Flood. In the Samaritan text the date of his death coincided with the year of the Flood.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. According to the Greek version, he lived but seven hundred and fifty three; and according to the Samaritan version, only six hundred and fifty three: but it is best and safest in these, and all the above numbers, to follow the original Hebrew, and the numbers in that, with which the Targum of Onkelos exactly agrees, written about the time of Christ; and these numbers were just the same when the two Talmuds were composed. Some of the Jewish writers, and so some Christians, confound this Lamech with the other Lamech, who was of the race of Cain, spoken of in the preceding chapter, and say he was a bigamist and a murderer; and that in his days sins were committed openly, and witchcraft was throughout the whole world e: he died, according to Bishop Usher, A. M. 1651. Eight times in this chapter the phrase is used, “and he died”, to put us in mind of death; to observe that it is the way of all flesh; that those that live longest die at last, and it must be expected by everyone.
e Shalshalet Hakabal, fol. 1. 2. & 74. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Ver. 31. And he died. ] Death is that mistress of the world that will not be courted, nor yet cast off, by any. Hesiod may tell of Nectar and Ambrosia, the sweet wines of the gods, that will make men immortal. Pliny may prattle of the herb Moly, which hath virtue to make an old man young. Historians may write of certain fortunate islands where men live to an incredible age. But where lives that man that sees not death at length? See Trapp on “ Gen 5:5 “ See Trapp on “ Gen 5:8 “ See Trapp on “ Gen 5:17 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
am 1651, bc 2353
he died: Gen 5:5