Genesis 5:18

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And Iared lyved an hundred and.lxij. yere and begat Henoch:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְחִי־יֶ֕רֶד שְׁתַּ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ׃

Transliteration

wayḥî-yered šəttayim wəšiššîm šānāh ûməʾat šānāh wayyôled ʾet-ḥănôk

Grammar Details

*wayḥî*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived
*yered*: proper noun - Jared
*šəttayim*: cardinal number, feminine - two
*wəšiššîm*: conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and sixty
*šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
*ûməʾat*: conjunction *wə-* + feminine singular construct - and hundred
*wayyôled*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he begat
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥănôk*: proper noun - Enoch

Word Meanings

*wayḥî*: lived/existed/remained alive
*yered*: Jared (proper name, meaning possibly 'descent')
*wayyôled*: begat/fathered/brought forth
*ḥănôk*: Enoch (proper name, meaning possibly 'dedicated')

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Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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Archaic spelling and vocabulary may hinder modern readers
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Orthographic differences across 1526 and 1534 editions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 4:17 : 17 And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoch. And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch.
Luke 3:37 : 37 which was the sonne of Mathusala: which was the sonne of Enoch: which was the sonne of Iareth: which was the sonne of Malalehel. which was the sonne of Cainan:
Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of suche saying: Beholde ye LORde shall come with thousandes of sayntes 15 to geve iudgement agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge them of all their vngodly dedes which they have vngodly comitted and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly sinners have spoken agaynst him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 5:19-28
10 verses
93%
19and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch.viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
20And all the dayes of Iared were.ix. hundred and.lxij. yere and than he dyed.
21And Henoch lyved.lxv. yere ad begat Mathusala.
22And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala.iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
23And all the dayes of Henoch were.iij. hundred and.lxv. yere.
24and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away.
25And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij. yere and begat Lamech:
26and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved.vij. hundred and.lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters.
27And all the dayes of Methusala were.ix. hundred.lxix yere and than he dyed.
28And Lamech lyved an hundred.lxxxij. yere and begat a so
Gen 5:3-17
15 verses
86%
3And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth.
4And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
5and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were.ix. hundred and.xxx. yere and then he dyed.
6And Seth lyved an hundred and.v. yeres and begat Enos.
7And after he had begot Enos he lyved.viij. hundred and.vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
8And all the dayes of Seth were.ix. hundred and.xij. yere and dyed.
9And Enos lyved.lxxxx. yere and begat kenan.
10And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij. hundred and.xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
11and all the dayes of Enos were.ix hundred and.v. yere and than he dyed.
12And kenan lyued.lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel.
13And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved.viij. hundred and.xl. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
14and al the dayes of kenan were.ix. hundred and.x. yere and than he dyed.
15And Mahalaliel lyued.lxv. yere and begat Iared.
16And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved.viij. hundred and.xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
17and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were.viij. hundred nynetye and.v. yeare and than he dyed
Gen 11:15-18
4 verses
76%
15ad lyued after he had begot Eber.iiij. hudred and thre yere ad begat sonnes and doughters
16When Eber was.xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg
17and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and.xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
18And Peleg when he was.xxx. yere olde begat Regu
Gen 5:30-32
3 verses
76%
30And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and.v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
31And all the dayes of Lamech were.vij. hundred.lxxvij. yere and than he dyed.
32And when Noe was.v. hundred yere olde he begat Sem Ham and Iaphet.
Gen 4:18
76%
18And Henoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mahuiael. And Mahuiael begat Mathusael. And Mathusael begat Lamech.
Luke 3:37
74%
37which was the sonne of Mathusala: which was the sonne of Enoch: which was the sonne of Iareth: which was the sonne of Malalehel. which was the sonne of Cainan:
Heb 11:5
70%
5By fayth was Enoch traslated yt he shuld not se deeth: nether was he founde: for God had taken him awaye. Before he was taken awaye he was reported of that he had pleased God: