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Genesis 5:30 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 30. 30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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Role in This Section
Lamech's later years and other children continue the regular family formula after Noah's distinctive naming.
Read It With
- Genesis 5:1–32
Read verses 28–32 together. Verse 29 gives Noah's name and expectation, verse 31 closes Lamech's life, and verse 32 turns to Noah's three sons.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 30 does not complete Lamech's entry or interpret Noah's role by itself; it keeps the larger family and chronology visible.
Read Genesis 5:28–32 together
Why these verses belong together: Lamech's naming of Noah, hope for comfort, later life and death, and Noah's three sons close the genealogy and prepare the flood.
Verse 28. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Verse 29. 29 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.
Verse 30. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Verse 31. 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Verse 32. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Continue in Context
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Read Genesis 5:1–32 — Adam's Generations Carry Life Through Death to NoahSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 5:1–32
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Toledot heading, Adam/humanity wording, image and likeness, formulaic genealogy, Enoch walking and taking, death refrain, and Noah-comfort wordplay.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 5:1–32
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