The Bible

Genesis 5:28

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

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #516

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516. Verse 21 And Enoch lived sixty-five years; and he beget Methuselah.

As has been stated, 'Enoch' means a seventh Church, and 'Methuselah' an eighth.

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