KJV ORIGINAL
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Mahalaleel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that Mahalaleel lived 895 years before dying, continuing the genealogy from Adam to Noah.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the genealogy in Genesis 5, which traces the lineage from Adam through his son Seth down to Noah. In the early biblical account, people lived extraordinarily long lives, with lifespans often exceeding 900 years. Mahalaleel (also spelled Mahalalel) was the great-great-grandson of Seth and lived during the time before the great flood.
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