Bible Strands
Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage functions as a genealogical record within the patriarchal list, positioned immediately after Methuselah fathers Lamech and immediately before Lamech fathers a son.
The words — The phrase כָּל (kol) = all and יְמֵי (ye.Mei) = days of frame the total lifespan count, which the text closes with a simple statement of mortality.
The thread — This entry continues the genealogical sequence by recording a patriarch’s total lifespan and concluding with his death, a structural marker that appears throughout the patriarchal list in Genesis 5.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge the fixed boundary of a human life within a recorded lineage, demanding attention to the exact span before the narrative moves to the next generation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.