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

Descendants of Adam

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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