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Genesis 5:18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand 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.יֶ֕רֶדyeredJaredיֶרֶדnoun, proper name — “Jared”H3382Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an IsraeliteJared.שְׁתַּ֧יִםshetayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּמְאַ֣תumeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.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).חֲנֽוֹךְchanokheEnochחֲנוֹךְnoun, proper name — “Enoch”H2585Chanok, an antediluvian patriachEnoch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

World English Bible

Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.

Darby Translation

And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.

Douay-Rheims

And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Henoch.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἑκατὸν· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώχ.