am 687, bc 3317
Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala, Luke 3:37
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Genesis 5:21
Genesis 5:21
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The present section carries forward the inspired narrative another stage, in which the onward progress or development of the human race is traced, in the holy line…Genesis 5:1-32Genesis 5:1-32 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe antediluvian saints.
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remarkable, or any variation but of the names and numbers; but at
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