28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Genesis 5:28-32).
We have now covered all the generations from Adam to Noah. What follows in chapters 6 and 7 is a judgment of God in the form of the Flood. Noah and his family would be the beginning of another faithful remnant. What is interesting from these verses is that Noah was rather old by the time his three sons were born to him. The time delay before the Flood allowed both Methuselah and Lamech to die natural deaths rather than dying by the Flood judgment of God.
We have now covered all the generations from Adam to Noah. What follows in chapters 6 and 7 is a judgment of God in the form of the Flood. Noah and his family would be the beginning of another faithful remnant. What is interesting from these verses is that Noah was rather old by the time his three sons were born to him. The time delay before the Flood allowed both Methuselah and Lamech to die natural deaths rather than dying by the Flood judgment of God.
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