KJV ORIGINAL
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
After Mahalaleel had his son Jared, he lived another 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows that Mahalaleel lived a very long life after becoming a father, continuing to have children for many centuries.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the genealogy from Adam to Noah, recorded during a time when people lived extraordinarily long lives according to biblical accounts. These genealogies served to connect the first humans to the family line that would eventually lead to Abraham and later to Jesus. The long lifespans mentioned here reflect the early period of human history before the flood, when conditions on earth were apparently very different.
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