What does Genesis 5:26 mean?

Genesis 5:26 highlights themes such as genealogy, heritage, life when read in context.

How should I apply Genesis 5:26 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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