King James Version

Genesis 5:15

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

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וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔לmahalalelMahalaleelמַהֲלַלְאֵלnoun, proper name — “Mahalaleel”H4111Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an IsraeliteMahalaleel.חָמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וְשִׁשִּׁ֣יםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יָֽרֶדyaredJaredיֶרֶדnoun, proper name — “Jared”H3382Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an IsraeliteJared.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

World English Bible

Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Jared.

Darby Translation

And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

Douay-Rheims

And Malaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεὴλ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰάρεδ.