Genesis 5:27

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“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”

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BSBPD

“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 5:27 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:29So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
  2. Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
  4. Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

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