1This is the record of Adam's descendants. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him. 2He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day he created them he called them “human.”#5:2. “Human”: literally, “Adam,” or “man.”

3When Adam was 130, he had a son who was like him, made in his image; and he named him Seth. 4Adam lived another 800 years after Seth was born, and had other sons and daughters. 5Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

6When Seth was 105, he had Enosh. 7Seth lived another 807 years after Enosh was born, and had other sons and daughters. 8Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

9When Enosh was 90, he had Kenan. 10Enosh lived another 815 years after Kenan was born, and had other sons and daughters. 11Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

12When Kenan was 70, he had Mehalalel. 13Kenan lived another 840 years after Mehalalel was born, and had other sons and daughters. 14Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died. 15When Mahalalel was 65, he had Jared. 16After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived another 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

18When Jared was 162, he had Enoch. 19After Enoch was born, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

21When Enoch was 65, he had Methuselah. 22He had a close relationship with God. After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived another 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24Enoch had such a close relationship with God that he didn't die,#5:24. “He didn't die”: supplied for clarity. See Hebrews 11:5. he just wasn't there anymore, because God took him.

25When Methuselah was 187, he had Lamech. 26After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

28When Lamech was 182, he had a son. 29He named him Noah,#5:29. “Noah”: associated in meaning with “relief,” “rest,” and “comfort.” with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.” 30After Noah was born, Lamech lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

32Noah was 500 before he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.#5:32. From the internal evidence in Genesis it appears Japheth was the oldest and Ham the youngest. Usually siblings are listed in birth order in the Old Testament, though for example Moses, despite being younger than Aaron, is listed first. Here it appears that Shem is considered to be more important, and so is listed first.

Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License. Version 4.3. For corrections send email to jonathangallagherfbv@gmail.com

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Genesis 5

1This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him, 2Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created. 3Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth. 4And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters. 5So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died. 6And Sheth liued an hundreth and fiue yeeres, and begate Enosh. 7And Sheth liued, after he begate Enosh, eight hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 8So all the dayes of Sheth were nine hundreth and twelue yeeres: and he died. 9Also Enosh liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Kenan. 10And Enosh liued, after he begate Kenan, eight hundreth and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 11So all the dayes of Enosh were nine hundreth and fiue yeeres: and he died 12Likewise Kenan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel. 13And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 14So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died. 15Mahalaleel also liued sixtie and fiue yeres, and begate Iered. 16Also Mahalaleel liued, after he begate Iered, eight hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 17So all the dayes of Mahalaleel were eight hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres: and he died. 18And Iered liued an hundreth sixtie and two yeeres, and begate Henoch. 19Then Iered liued, after he begate Henoch, eight hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 20So all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeeres: and he died. 21Also Henoch liued sixtie and fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah. 22And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 23So all the dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeeres. 24And Henoch walked with God, and he was no more seene: for God tooke him away. 25Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech. 26And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 27So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died. 28Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne, 29And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed. 30And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 31So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died. 32And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde. And Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.

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Genesis 5

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