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and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Adam’s life lasted 930 years; then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Adam&#8217s life lasted 930 years; then he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and died at the age of 930. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and died at the age of 930. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The entire lifetime of Adam was 930 years, and then he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all the days which Adam lived shall be nine hundred years and thirty years, and he shall die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And all the time that Adam lived came to nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The whole lifetime of Adam was nine hundred and thirty years; then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years; and he died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/5-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1047" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">The Descendants of Adam</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/121.htm" title="121: ’ā·ḏām (N-proper-ms) -- The same as 'adam; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine.">So Adam</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·yih·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">a total of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ḥay (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8672.htm" title="8672: tə·ša‘ (Number-fsc) -- A nine. Or tishtah; perhaps from sha'ah through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or Ninth.">930</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: ū·šə·lō·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: way·yā·mōṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">and then he died.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a></span><br />For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a></span><br />Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">1 Corinthians 15:45</a></span><br />So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-47.htm">1 Corinthians 15:47</a></span><br />The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a></span><br />All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></span><br />before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></span><br />The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29</a></span><br />When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1-2</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-10.htm">Job 14:10</a></span><br />But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-15.htm">Job 34:15</a></span><br />all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Genesis 5:8,11,14,17</a></b></br> And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-20.htm">Deuteronomy 30:20</a></b></br> That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, <i>and</i> that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he <i>is</i> thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></b></br> The days of our years <i>are</i> threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength <i>they be</i> fourscore years, yet <i>is</i> their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.</p><p class="hdg">and he died.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Genesis 5:8,11,14</a></b></br> And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></b></br> In 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 <i>art</i>, and unto dust shalt thou return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">2 Samuel 14:14</a></b></br> For we must needs die, and <i>are</i> as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect <i>any</i> person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Adam's</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/revelation/16-3.htm">Died</a> <a href="/romans/14-7.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/23-23.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/romans/5-14.htm">Adam's</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Died</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/5-6.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Life</a> <a href="/genesis/5-8.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/genesis/5-16.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Recapitulation of the creation of man.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This extended lifespan is often attributed to the pristine conditions of the early Earth, as well as the direct creation of Adam by God. The long lifespans recorded in <a href="/genesis/5.htm">Genesis 5</a> serve to bridge the gap between Adam and Noah, providing continuity in the genealogical record. The ages also emphasize the effects of sin on humanity, as lifespans gradually decrease after the Flood. Theologically, Adam's long life underscores his role as the first man and the progenitor of the human race, linking him directly to the creation narrative in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1-2</a>.<p><b>and then he died</b><br>The phrase "and then he died" is a stark reminder of the consequences of sin. In <a href="/genesis/2-17.htm">Genesis 2:17</a>, God warned Adam that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would result in death. Adam's eventual death fulfills this divine pronouncement, illustrating the reality of spiritual and physical death introduced by sin. This phrase is repeated throughout <a href="/genesis/5.htm">Genesis 5</a>, highlighting the mortality of humanity despite the long lifespans. It serves as a somber refrain that contrasts with the eternal life originally intended for humanity. Theologically, Adam's death prefigures the need for redemption and points to the hope of resurrection through Jesus Christ, who conquers death and offers eternal life to believers, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/adam.htm">Adam</a></b><br>The first man created by God, as described in Genesis. He lived for 930 years, which signifies the longevity of early human life as recorded in the Bible. Adam's life and death mark the beginning of human history and the reality of mortality introduced by sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eden.htm">Eden</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, the Garden of Eden is significant as the original dwelling place of Adam and Eve. It represents the initial state of perfection and communion with God before the fall.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/death.htm">Death</a></b><br>The event of Adam's death is significant as it fulfills God's warning in <a href="/genesis/2-17.htm">Genesis 2:17</a> that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would result in death. It underscores the consequence of sin and the introduction of mortality into human experience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_mortality.htm">The Reality of Mortality</a></b><br>Adam's death serves as a reminder of the reality of mortality for all humanity. It encourages believers to live with an eternal perspective, recognizing the brevity of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequence_of_sin.htm">The Consequence of Sin</a></b><br>Adam's lifespan and eventual death illustrate the serious consequences of sin. This should lead believers to a deeper understanding of the need for repentance and reliance on God's grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>While Adam's account ends in death, the New Testament offers hope through Jesus Christ, who conquers death. Believers are encouraged to find their hope and assurance in the resurrection and eternal life promised through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Adam's long life suggests the potential for significant influence and legacy. Believers are challenged to consider the impact of their lives and the legacy they will leave for future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_life_expectancy.htm">What does the Bible say about life expectancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_advice_for_long_life.htm">What guidance does the Bible give for longevity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_adam_live_930_years.htm">How is it scientifically possible for Adam to have lived 930 years (Genesis 5:5)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_adam's_age_at_death.htm">What was Adam's age at death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">The days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years.</span>--The numbers in the Bible are involved in great difficulty, owing to the Hebrew method of numeration being to attach numerical values to letters, and add them together; and as the words thus formed are unmeaning, they easily become corrupted. Hence there is a great discrepancy in the numbers as specified by the three main authorities, the Hebrew text making the length of time from the expulsion from Paradise to the flood 1656 years, the Samaritan text only 1307, and the LXX. 2262, while in almost all cases they agree in the duration of the lives of the several patriarchs. There is, however, an appearance of untrustworthiness about the calculations in the LXX., while the Samaritan transcript must rank as of almost equal authority with the Hebrew text itself. St. Jerome, however, says that the best Samaritan MSS. in his days agreed with the Hebrew, but none such have come down to us.<p>Not only is there no doubt that the Bible represents human life as vastly prolonged before the flood, while afterwards it grew rapidly briefer, but it teaches us that in the Messianic age life is to be prolonged again, so that a century shall be the duration of childhood, and a grown man's ordinary age shall be as the age of a tree (Isa. Ixv. 20, 22). On the other hand, we may accept the assertion of physiologists that such as man is now, a period of from 120 to 150 years is the utmost possible duration of human life, and that no strength of constitution, nor temperance, nor vegetable diet could add many years to this limit. Hence many have supposed that in the early Biblical genealogies races or dynasties were meant, or that at a time when there were only engraved cylinders or marks scratched on stones or impressed on bricks as modes of writing, a few names only were selected, each one of whom, by the length of years assigned to him, represented an indefinitely protracted period. In proof that there was something artificial in these genealogies, they point to the fact that the <span class= "ital">toldoth </span>of Adam are arranged in ten generations, and that the same number of generations composes the <span class= "ital">toldoth </span>of Shem (<a href="/context/genesis/11-10.htm" title="These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:">Genesis 11:10-26</a>).; while in our Lord's genealogy names are confessedly omitted in order to produce three series, each of fourteen names. It is also undeniable that in Hebrew genealogies it was the rule to omit names. Thus the genealogy of Moses contains only four individuals: Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/6-1.htm" title="The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.">1Chronicles 6:1-3</a>); while for the same period there are eleven descents given in the genealogy of Jehoshuah (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/7-23.htm" title="And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.">1Chronicles 7:23-27</a>). All this is sufficient to convince every thoughtful person that we must not use these genealogies for chronological purposes. They were not drawn up with any such intention, but to trace the line of primogeniture, and show whose was the birthright. But the longevity of the antediluvian race does not depend upon these genealogies alone, but is part of the very substance of the narrative. It has too the evidence in its favour of all ancient tradition; but it is one of the mysteries of the Bible. We learn, however, from <a href="/genesis/6-3.htm" title="And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.">Genesis 6:3</a> that it did not prove a blessing, and we possibly are to understand that a change took place at the time of the flood in man's physical constitution, by which the duration of his fife was gradually limited to 120 years.<p>We ought to add that modern scholarship has proved the identity of the names of the numbers up to ten in the three great families of human speech. Above ten they have nothing in common. It seems, therefore, to follow that primaeval man before the confusion of tongues had no power of expressing large numbers. Hence in these lists the generations are limited to ten, and hence too the need of caution in dealing with the mystery which underlies the protracted duration of the lives of the patriarchs.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/5-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Adam</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_121.htm">Strong's 121: </a> </span><span class="str2">Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lived</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a total of</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">930</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשַׁ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ša‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8672.htm">Strong's 8672: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nine, ninth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and then he died.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּמֹֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/5-5.htm">Genesis 5:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/5-5.htm">OT Law: Genesis 5:5 All the days that Adam lived were (Gen. 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