John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 5:32
Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ver. 32. And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ] Twenty years had he heard from God, that the world should be destroyed, before he had any child. Here was “the faith and patience of this saint.” Rev 13:10 At length he hath Japheth first; though Shem be first named, because he was in dignity preferred before his brother, to be grandfather to the Messiah. Now any relation to Christ ennobleth either place or... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 5:31
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. Ver. 31. And he died. ] Death is that mistress of the world that will not be courted, nor yet cast off, by any. Hesiod may tell of Nectar and Ambrosia, the sweet wines of the gods, that will make men immortal. Pliny may prattle of the herb Moly, which hath virtue to make an old man young. Historians may write of certain fortunate islands where men live to an incredible age. But where lives that man... read more