Genesis 5:25-31

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²⁵ When Methuselah had lived for 187 years, he fathered Lamech. ²⁶ Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech for 782 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

²⁸ When Lamech had lived for 182 years, he fathered a son ²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground ^(A)that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief^[a] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” ³⁰ Lamech lived after he fathered Noah for 595 years and had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.