26. After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
27. So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. Then he died.
28. When Lamech was 182, he had a son.
29. Lamech named his son Noah. Lamech said, “Noah will comfort us from the pain of our work. The pain is because God has cursed the ground.”