Genesis Numbers
Nearly all modern translations of Genesis are derived from the Masoretic (Hebrew) Text. But there are also two other versions of Genesis: the Samaritan (from a Hebrew script) and the Septuagint (a Greek translation of a Hebrew text). Although, scholars are aware that these three versions of Genesis 5 have different numbers, people who have seen only the commonly available translations are often unaware that other versions exist. The numbers in the Masoretic, Samaritan, and Lucianic Septuagint versions of Genesis are shown in this table:
Masoretic & Vulgate | Samaritan | Septuagint | ||||||||||||||||
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Patriarch | Meaning | Birth | Son | remain | Death | Birth | Son | remain | Death | Birth | Son | remain | Death | Wife/Wives/etc | ||||
Adam | red | 0 | 130 | 800 | 930 | 0 | 130 | 800 | 930 | 0 | 230 | 700 | 930 | Eve | ||||
Seth | compensation | 130 | 105 | 807 | 912 | 130 | 105 | 807 | 912 | 230 | 205 | 707 | 912 | |||||
Enosh | man | 235 | 90 | 815 | 905 | 235 | 90 | 815 | 905 | 435 | 190 | 715 | 905 | |||||
Kenan | possession | 325 | 70 | 840 | 910 | 325 | 70 | 840 | 910 | 625 | 170 | 740 | 910 | |||||
Mahalalel | One who praises God | 395 | 65 | 830 | 895 | 395 | 65 | 830 | 895 | 795 | 165 | 730 | 895 | |||||
Jared | descent | 460 | 162 | 800 | 962 | 460 | 62 | 785 | 847 | 960 | 162 | 800 | 962 | |||||
Enoch | dedicated | 622 | 65 | 300 | 365¹ | 522 | 65 | 300 | 365¹ | 1122 | 165 | 200 | 365¹ | |||||
Methuselah | man of the dart | 687 | 187 | 782 | 969 | 587 | 67 | 653 | 720 | 1287 | 167 | 802 | 969 | |||||
Lamech | powerful | 874 | 182 | 595 | 777 | 654 | 53 | 600 | 653 | 1454 | 188 | 565 | 753 | |||||
Noah | rest | 1056 | 500 | — | 950 | 707 | 500 | — | — | 1642 | 500 | — | 950 | |||||
Shem | name | 1556 | 100 | 500 | 600 | 1207 | 100 | 500 | 600 | 2142 | 100 | 335 | 435 | |||||
Arphaxad | I shall fail as the breast | 1656 | 35 | 403 | 438 | 1307 | 135 | 330 | 465 | 2242 | 135 | 330 | 465 | |||||
Cainan | their smith | — | — | — | — | 1442 | 130 | 330 | 460 | 2377 | 130 | 330 | 460 | |||||
Salah | sprout | 1691 | 30 | 403 | 433 | 1572 | 130 | 330 | 460 | 2507 | 130 | 330 | 460 | |||||
Eber | the region beyond | 1721 | 34 | 430 | 464 | 1702 | 134 | 370 | 504 | 2637 | 134 | 370 | 504 | |||||
Peleg | division | 1755 | 30 | 209 | 239 | 1836 | 130 | 209 | 339 | 2771 | 130 | 209 | 339 | |||||
Reu | friend | 1785 | 32 | 207 | 239 | 1966 | 132 | 207 | 339 | 2901 | 132 | 207 | 339 | |||||
Serug | branch | 1817 | 30 | 200 | 230 | 2098 | 130 | 200 | 330 | 3033 | 130 | 200 | 330 | |||||
Nahor | snorting | 1847 | 29 | 119 | 148 | 2228 | 79 | 129 | 208 | 3163 | 79 | 129 | 208 | |||||
Terah | station | 1876 | 70 | — | 205 | 2307 | 70 | 205 | 275 | 3342 | 70 | 205+ | 275+ | |||||
Abram | exalted father | 1946 | 100 | — | 175 | 2377 | — | — | — | 3412 | 100 | — | 175 | Sarai; (Hagar); Keturah |
¹According to most interpretations, including the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews, Enoch did not die, but was taken away by God (at an age of 365). Genesis states that Enoch "walked with God; and he was not; for God took him."<
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