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Gen.5:2. “Male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, that is, man.” The name "man" applies to both men and women. Gen.5:3. “Adam lived 230 years, and begat [a son] in his own image and likeness, and called him Seth.” It should be noted that right up to the description of the flood, where in our books it is said that someone gave birth in 200-odd years, in the Hebrew text it will be 100-odd years (that is, 100 years less. - Translator's note). Gen.5:4. “The days of Adam were 700 years after he begat Seth.” Since an error was previously made in the number 200, it follows that 700 is put here, whereas in the Hebrew text there will be 800, that is, 100 years more. Gen.5:25. “And Methuselah lived 167 years and begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived after he gave birth to Lamech 802 years and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Methuselah that he lived were 969 years, and he died.” A well-known question that has been thoroughly discussed by all Churches: upon careful calculation, it turns out that Methuselah lived 14 years after the flood. Because Methuselah begat Lamech at the age of 167, and Lamech, in turn, begat Noah at the age of 188. So together the years of Methuselah's life until Noah's birthday are 355 years. And the flood occurred in the 600th year of Noah’s life. Due to this partial calculation, it turns out that the flood occurred in the 955th year of Methuselah’s life. But since it was said above that he lived 969 years, then, without any doubt, he lived 14 years after the flood. Then how is it true that only 8 souls were saved in the ark (1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5)? Consequently, it remains that, as in most similar cases, here too there is an error in the number. I found that in both the Jewish and Samaritan books it is written like this: “And Methuselah lived 187 years and begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived after he gave birth to Lamech 782 years and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. And Lamech lived 182 years and begat Noah.” So, from the birthday of Methuselah to the day on which Noah appeared, 369 years. Add to these 600 years of Noah's life, since in the 600th year of his life the flood occurred. And then it turns out that Methuselah died in the 969th year of his life - the year when the flood began. Gen.5:29. “And he called his name Noah, saying: “He will give us rest from our labors.” The word "Noah" (נֹ ֔ חַ) is translated as "peace". Thus, he was called the word “rest” because under him all previous labors came to a state of rest as a result of the flood.