Genesis 5:5

5:5 The entire lifetime ¹  of Adam was 930 years, and then he died. ² 

Genesis 5:8

5:8 The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:11

5:11 The entire lifetime of Enosh was 905 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:14

5:14 The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:17

5:17 The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:20

5:20 The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:27

5:27 The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 9:29

9:29 The entire lifetime of Noah was 950 years, and then he died.

Genesis 11:32

11:32 The lifetime ³  of Terah was 205 years, and he ⁴  died in Haran.

Genesis 23:1

The Death of Sarah

23:1 Sarah lived 127 years. ⁵ 

Genesis 29:20

29:20 So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. ⁶  But they seemed like only a few days to him ⁷  because his love for her was so great. ⁸ 

Genesis 40:4

40:4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. ⁹ 

They spent some time in custody. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “all the days of Adam which he lived”

² sn The genealogy traces the line from Adam to Noah and forms a bridge between the earlier accounts and the flood story. Its constant theme of the reign of death in the human race is broken once with the account of Enoch, but the genealogy ends with hope for the future through Noah. See further G. F. Hasel, “The Genealogies of Gen. 5 and 11 and their Alleged Babylonian Background,” AUSS 16 (1978): 361-74; idem, “Genesis 5 and 11,” Origins 7 (1980): 23-37.

³ tn Heb “And the days of Terah were.”

⁴ tn Heb “Terah”; the pronoun has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “And the years of Sarah were one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.”

⁷ tn Heb “in exchange for Rachel.”

⁸ sn But they seemed like only a few days to him. This need not mean that the time passed quickly. More likely it means that the price seemed insignificant when compared to what he was getting in the bargain.

⁹ tn Heb “because of his love for her.” The words “was so great” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

⁹ sn He served them. This is the same Hebrew verb, meaning “to serve as a personal attendant,” that was translated “became [his] servant” in 39:4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “they were days in custody.”