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Genesis 5:20–29

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And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
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From verse 21

  1. Luke 3:37Rank 1 from verse 21
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    37Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

From verse 22

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:12Rank 1 from verse 22
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    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  2. Genesis 17:1Rank 2 from verse 22
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    1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  3. Genesis 6:9Rank 3 from verse 22
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    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  4. Luke 1:6Rank 4 from verse 22
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  5. Malachi 2:6Rank 5 from verse 22
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    6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

  6. 1 John 1:7Rank 6 from verse 22
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  7. Micah 6:8Rank 7 from verse 22
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  8. Psalms 116:9Rank 8 from verse 22
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    9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

  9. Hebrews 11:5–6Rank 9 from verse 22
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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  10. Leviticus 26:12Rank 10 from verse 22
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    12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

  11. Colossians 1:10Rank 11 from verse 22
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  12. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 12 from verse 22
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  13. Ephesians 5:15Rank 13 from verse 22
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  14. Genesis 24:40Rank 14 from verse 22
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    40And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

  15. Genesis 48:15Rank 15 from verse 22
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    15¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

  16. 1 Kings 2:4Rank 16 from verse 22
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    4That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  17. 2 Corinthians 6:16Rank 17 from verse 22
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    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  18. 2 Kings 20:3Rank 18 from verse 22
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    3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  19. Acts 9:31Rank 19 from verse 22
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    31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

  20. Amos 3:3Rank 20 from verse 22
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    3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

  21. Colossians 4:5Rank 21 from verse 22
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    5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

  22. Deuteronomy 13:4Rank 22 from verse 22
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    4Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

  23. Deuteronomy 28:9Rank 23 from verse 22
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    9The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

  24. Deuteronomy 5:33Rank 24 from verse 22
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    33Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

  25. Exodus 16:4Rank 25 from verse 22
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    4¶ Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

  26. Genesis 5:24Rank 26 from verse 22
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    24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  27. Hosea 14:9Rank 27 from verse 22
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  28. Micah 4:5Rank 28 from verse 22
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    5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

  29. Psalms 128:1Rank 29 from verse 22
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    1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

  30. Psalms 16:8Rank 30 from verse 22
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    8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  31. Psalms 26:11Rank 31 from verse 22
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    11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  32. Psalms 56:13Rank 32 from verse 22
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    13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  33. Psalms 86:11Rank 33 from verse 22
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    11Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

  34. Romans 8:1Rank 34 from verse 22
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    1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  35. Song of Solomon 1:4Rank 35 from verse 22
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    4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  36. 1 Corinthians 7:17Rank 36 from verse 22
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    17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

From verse 24

  1. Hebrews 11:5–6Rank 1 from verse 24
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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  2. 1 John 1:7Rank 2 from verse 24
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  3. Genesis 5:22Rank 3 from verse 24
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    22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  4. Luke 23:43Rank 4 from verse 24
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    43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

  5. 2 Kings 2:11Rank 5 from verse 24
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    11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  6. Genesis 42:36Rank 6 from verse 24
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    36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

  7. Genesis 37:30Rank 7 from verse 24
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    30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

  8. Jeremiah 31:15Rank 8 from verse 24
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    15¶ Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  9. 2 Kings 2:1Rank 9 from verse 24
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    1AND it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

  10. Matthew 2:18Rank 10 from verse 24
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    18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

From verse 25

  1. Genesis 4:18Rank 1 from verse 25
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    18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

From verse 29

  1. Matthew 24:37Rank 1 from verse 29
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    37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  2. 2 Peter 2:5Rank 2 from verse 29
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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  3. Hebrews 11:7Rank 3 from verse 29
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    7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  4. Ezekiel 14:14Rank 4 from verse 29
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    14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

  5. Ezekiel 14:20Rank 5 from verse 29
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    20Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

  6. Genesis 9:24Rank 6 from verse 29
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    24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

  7. Isaiah 54:9Rank 7 from verse 29
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    9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

  8. 1 Peter 3:20Rank 8 from verse 29
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    20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  9. Genesis 3:17–19Rank 9 from verse 29
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    17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

    18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  10. Genesis 4:11–12Rank 10 from verse 29
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    11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

    12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

  11. Genesis 6:8–9Rank 11 from verse 29
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    8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  12. Genesis 7:23Rank 12 from verse 29
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    23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

  13. Luke 3:36Rank 13 from verse 29
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    36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

  14. Luke 17:26–27Rank 14 from verse 29
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    26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

    27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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Genesis 5:20

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Genesis 5:21

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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 5:22

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 5:23

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Genesis 5:24

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 5:25

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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 5:26

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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after

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 5:27

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Genesis 5:28

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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Genesis 5:29

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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toil

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Sense 1: Labour or continued effort attended with weariness. Sense 2: To labour or work with continued effort and weariness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:18¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

5:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

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5:21¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

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5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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5:23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

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5:24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

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5:25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

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5:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

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5:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

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5:28¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

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5:30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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