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Gen_5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Ver. 20. Nine hundred sixty and two years.] Rabbi Livi citing Genebrardus, the longevity of the patriachs was the work of providence, not the result of nature. Rabbi Levi, citante Genebrardo, longevitatem patriarcharum opus providentiae, non natarae appellat {a} Their children also, that they waited so long for, were not more the issue of their bodies, than of their faith.
{a} Genebr., Chron.