Genesis 5:17
“And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 5Meaning
Mahalalel's life totals 895 years before the genealogy states that he died.
Read carefully
The longevity is reported, not explained; the verse does not license certainty about mechanisms the text never discusses.
Reflection
The repeated death notice keeps human finitude in view even while the genealogy describes lifespans far beyond modern experience.