Genesis 5:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.”

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BSBPD

“When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 5:28 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

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