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Genesis 5:15–17

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¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 1:2Rank 1 from verse 15
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    2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

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Genesis 5:15

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lived

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of live. Sense 1: To have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named.

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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Genesis 5:16

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lived

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of live. Sense 1: To have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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thirty

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The number equal to three tens, following twenty-nine and preceding thirty-one.

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Genesis 5:17

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14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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

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16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

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17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

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

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