1-2 # Gn 1.27,28; Mt 19.4; Mk 10.6. God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

3-4When Adam was 130, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children 5and died at the age of 930.

6When Seth was 105, he had a son named Enosh. 7Seth had more children 8and died at the age of 912.

9When Enosh was 90, he had a son named Kenan. 10Enosh had more children 11and died at the age of 905.

12When Kenan was 70, he had a son named Mahalalel. 13Kenan had more children 14and died at the age of 910.

15When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son named Jared. 16Mahalalel had more children 17and died at the age of 895.

18When Jared was 162, he had a son named Enoch. 19Jared had more children 20and died at the age of 962.

21When Enoch was 65, he had a son named Methuselah, 22and during the next 300 years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God, 23-24#Si 44.16; 49.14; He 11.5; Jd 14. and God took him away at the age of 365.

25When Methuselah was 187, he had a son named Lamech. 26Methuselah had more children 27and died at the age of 969.

28When Lamech was one 182, he had a son. 29Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort,#5.29 Noah … comfort: In Hebrew “Noah” sounds like “comfort.” as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse.” 30Lamech had more children 31and died at the age of 777.

32After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Genesis 5

1This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

2a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

3And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

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

5And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

6And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

7And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

8And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

9And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

10And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

11And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

12And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.

13And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

14And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

15And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

16And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

17And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

18And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

19And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

21And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.

22And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

24And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.

25And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

26And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

27And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

28And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,

29and calleth his name Noah, saying, ‘This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.’

30And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

31And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

32And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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