Genesis 5:30

וַֽיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

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Hebrew

וַֽיְחִי־לֶ֗מֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־נֹ֔חַ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ἔζησεν Λάμεχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Νῶε πεντακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα πέντε ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Vixitque Lamech, postquam genuit Noë, quingentis nonaginta quinque annis, et genuit filios et filias.

Spanish

Después del nacimiento de Noé, Lamec vivió quinientos noventa y cinco años, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y vivió Lamech, después que engendró á Noé, quinientos noventa y cinco años: y engendró hijos é hijas.

English

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Genesis 5:30 states that after fathering Noah, Lamech lived an additional span of years — ninety-five plus five hundred according to the Hebrew text — and continued to father sons and daughters.

Key words

y.chi- ("he lived", H2421) — qal narrative verb, third person masculine singular, opening the verse with the standard "and he lived" formula of the genealogical chain in Genesis 5.
ho.li.D ("fathered", H3205) — hiphil (causative stem) infinitive construct, "in his fathering," marking the temporal clause "after his fathering Noah."
'a.cha.Rei ("after", H0310A) — construct form governing the infinitive that follows, establishing the reference point (Noah's birth) from which Lamech's remaining years are counted.
me.'Ot ("hundreds", H3967) — feminine plural of "hundred," combined with cha.Mesh ("five", H2568) to form "five hundred," one of the two numerical blocks making up the total.
i.Yo.led ("he fathered", H3205) — hiphil narrative verb, same root as ho.li.D but in the main narrative sequence, marking the ongoing action of fathering sons and daughters after Noah.

What the text says

The verse is built as a single long sentence anchored by the narrative verb y.chi- ("he lived", H2421), typical of the Genesis 5 genealogical formula. The temporal clause 'a.cha.Rei ho.li.D-o 'et-No.ach ("after his fathering Noah") uses the infinitive construct of the hiphil stem to express causation — Lamech is the one who caused Noah to be born — combined with the pronominal suffix -o ("his") attached directly to the infinitive, a common Hebrew way of expressing subordinate temporal clauses without a separate conjugated verb.

The numerical expression that follows is split into two additive blocks: cha.Mesh ve.tish.'Im sha.Nah ("five and ninety year", i.e., ninety-five years) and va.cha.Mesh me.'Ot sha.Nah ("and five hundred year", i.e., five hundred years). Hebrew numeral syntax here places the smaller unit before the larger one in each block, and the noun sha.Nah ("year", H8141) appears in the singular despite modifying plural numbers, a standard feature of Hebrew numeral-noun agreement. The final clause repeats the fathering verb, now as i.Yo.led ("he fathered", H3205) in the narrative form, followed by ba.Nim ("sons", H1121A) and va.Not ("daughters", H1323G), indicating continued offspring beyond Noah.

Differences between versions

The Hebrew text yields a total of 595 years (95 + 500), matching the Vulgate's quingentis nonaginta quinque annis ("five hundred ninety-five years"). The Septuagint (LXX), however, gives πεντακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα πέντε ἔτη, which totals 565 years (500 + 60 + 5) — a numerically different figure from both the Hebrew and the Vulgate. The BSB and RV1909 follow the Hebrew/Vulgate total of 595 years, while the SBLIBRE Spanish translation also renders 595, adding the phrase "otros hijos e hijas" ("other sons and daughters"), an interpretive addition not present in the Hebrew wording, which simply says ba.Nim ("sons") and va.Not ("daughters") without the word "other."

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.