The Meaning of Genesis 5:27 Explained

Genesis 5:27

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

YLT: And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

Darby: And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 5:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 5:25-32 - The Wickedness Of Men
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 God's 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 1 Peter 3:20. He will not wait for ever, Luke 13:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 5

1  Recapitulation of the creation of man
3  The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah
22  Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven
25  The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons

What do the individual words in Genesis 5:27 mean?

So were all the days of Methuselah nine and sixty years and nine hundred years and he died -
וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־ יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת פ

וַיִּהְיוּ֙  So  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יְמֵ֣י  the  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח  of  Methuselah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְתוּשֶׁלַח  
Sense: son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech.
תֵּ֤שַׁע  nine 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
וְשִׁשִּׁים֙  and  sixty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
שָׁנָ֔ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וּתְשַׁ֥ע  and  nine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַיָּמֹֽת  and  he  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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