Genesis 5

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The Descendants of Adam

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day God created man, in the likeness of God He made him.

²Male and female He created them,^a and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”^b

²Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and called their name “Man,” in the day they were created.

³When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

³And Adam lived thirty and a hundred years, and he begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and he called his name Seth.

⁴And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁴And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

⁵So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

⁵And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred years and thirty years, and he died.

⁶When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

⁶And Seth lived five years and a hundred years, and he begat Enosh.

⁷And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁷And Seth lived after his begetting Enosh seven years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

⁸So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

⁸And all the days of Seth were two and ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.

⁹When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

⁹And Enosh lived ninety years, and he begat Cainan.

¹⁰And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁰And Enosh lived after his begetting Cainan five and ten years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

¹¹So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

¹¹And all the days of Enosh were five years nine hundred years, and he died.

¹²When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

¹²And Cainan lived seventy years, and he begat Mahalalel.

¹³And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹³And Cainan lived after his begetting Mahalalel forty years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

¹⁴So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

¹⁵And Mahalalel lived five years and sixty years, and he begat Jared.

¹⁶And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶And Mahalalel lived after his begetting Jared thirty years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

¹⁷So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

¹⁷And all the days of Mahalalel were five and ninety years and eight hundred years, and he died.

God Takes Up Enoch

¹⁸When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

¹⁸And Jared lived two and sixty years and a hundred years, and he begat Enoch.

¹⁹And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁹And Jared lived after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

²⁰So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

²⁰And all the days of Jared were two and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.

²¹When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

²¹And Enoch lived five and sixty years, and he begat Methuselah.

²²And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God^a 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

²²And Enoch walked with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

²³So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

²³And all the days of Enoch were five and sixty years and three hundred years.

²⁴Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.^a

²⁴And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God had taken him.

From Methuselah to Noah

²⁵When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

²⁵And Methuselah lived seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat Lamech.

²⁶And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁶And Methuselah lived after his begetting Lamech two and eighty years and seven hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

²⁷So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.

²⁸When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

²⁸And Lamech lived two and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat a son.

²⁹And he named him Noah,^a saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall give us comfort from our work and from the toil of our hands on account of the ground that YHWH has cursed.”

³⁰And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

³⁰And Lamech lived after his begetting Noah five and ninety years and five hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

³¹So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

³¹And all the days of Lamech were seven and seventy years and seven hundred years, and he died.

³²After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

³²Noah was a son of five hundred years, and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.