“Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 5 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.