Bible Strands
Genesis 5:17
So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of Mahalalel’s lifespan within the patriarchal genealogy, immediately following the note that Mahalalel lived 830 years after becoming the father of Jared.
The words — כָּל־ יְמֵי (kol- ye.Mei) = all the days of, framing the precise count of 895 years before the formulaic closure.
The thread — This lifespan calculation follows the identical structure used for every patriarch in Genesis 5:5, 8, 11, 14, 19, 20, 23, 27, and 31.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Mahalalel’s mortality as a fixed historical boundary, not a theological commentary, before the lineage proceeds to his son Jared.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.