3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. Adam called him Seth. 4After Seth was born, Adam lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 5Adam was 930 years old when he died.

6When Seth was 105 years old, he had a son. He called him Enosh. 7After Enosh was born, Seth lived for 807 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 8Seth was 912 years old when he died.

9When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son. He called him Kenan. 10After Kenan was born, Enosh lived for 815 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 11Enosh was 905 years old when he died.

12When Kenan was 70 years old, he had a son. He called him Mahalalel. 13After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived for 840 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 14Kenan was 910 years old when he died.

15When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Jared. 16After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived for 830 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 17Mahalalel was 895 years old when he died.

18When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son. He called him Enoch. 19After Enoch was born, Jared lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 20Jared was 962 years old when he died.

21When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Methuselah. 22After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived as God wanted for 300 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 23Enoch lived on earth for 365 years. 24Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him. #5:24 God took Enoch to be with him in heaven. So Enoch did not die like other people die.

25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech. #5:25 This is not the same Lamech as the one who killed a young man. See Genesis 4:23. 26After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived for 782 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 27Methuselah was 969 years old when he died.

28When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. 29He called his son Noah. Lamech said, ‘He will help us in our difficult work on the land. We have pain when we work on the land to get food. That is because the Lord God cursed the ground.’ 30After Noah was born, Lamech lived for 595 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 31Lamech was 777 years old when he died.

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

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Genesis 5

CHAPTER 5

1This is the book of the generations of Adam, in the day wherein God made man of nought. God made man to the image and likeness of God;

2God formed them male and female, and blessed them, and called the name of them Adam, in the day in which they were formed.

3Forsooth Adam lived an hundred years and thirty, and begat a son to his image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

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

5And all the time in which Adam lived was made nine hundred years and thirty, and he was dead.

6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos.

7And Seth lived after that he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

8And all the days of Seth were made nine hundred and twelve years, and he was dead.

9Forsooth Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan;

10after whose birth Enos lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

11And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and he was dead.

12Also Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel.

13And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.

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

15Forsooth Mahalaleel lived sixty years and five, and begat Jared.

16And Mahalaleel lived after that he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

17And all the days of Mahalaleel were made eight hundred [and] ninety and five years, and he was dead.

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

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

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

21Forsooth Enoch lived five and sixty years, and begat Methuselah.

22And Enoch went with God; and Enoch lived after that he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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

24And Enoch went with God, and appeared not afterward, for God took him away.

25Also Methuselah lived an hundred and seven and eighty years, and begat Lamech.

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

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

28Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and begat a son;

29and [he] called his name Noah#5:29 This name sounds like the Hebrew for ‘rest’ or ‘relief’., and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed.

30And Lamech lived after that he begat Noah five hundred [and] ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters.

31And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred [and] seventy and seven years, and he was dead.

32Forsooth Noah, when he was of five hundred years, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Genesis 5

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