Genesis 5

The Descendants of Adam

(1 Chronicles 1.1-4)

1 # Gn 1.27,28 This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself. 2#Mt 19.4; Mk 10.6 He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”) 3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. 4After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children 5and died at the age of 930.

6When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh, 7and then lived another 807 years. He had other children 8and died at the age of 912.

9When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan, 10and then lived another 815 years. He had other children 11and died at the age of 905.

12When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel, 13and then lived another 840 years. He had other children 14and died at the age of 910.

15When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared, 16and then lived another 830 years. He had other children 17and died at the age of 895.

18When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch, 19and then lived another 800 years. He had other children 20and died at the age of 962.

21When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah. 22After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children. 23He lived to be 365 years old. 24#Si 44.16; 49.14; He 11.5; Jd 14 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

25When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech, 26and then lived another 782 years. He had other children 27and died at the age of 969.

28When Lamech was 182, he had a son 29and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.#5.29: Noah: This name sounds like the Hebrew for “relief.” 30Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children 31and died at the age of 777.

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

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Berĕshith (Genesis) 5

1This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏam. In the day that Elohim created man, He made him in the likeness of Elohim.

2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them, and called their name ‘Aḏam’ in the day they were created.

3And Aḏam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Shĕth.

4And after he brought forth Shĕth, the days of Aḏam were eight hundred years. And he brought forth sons and daughters.

5So all the days that Aḏam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6And Shĕth lived one hundred and five years, and brought forth Enosh.

7And after he brought forth Enosh, Shĕth lived eight hundred and seven years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

8So all the days of Shĕth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9And Enosh lived ninety years, and brought forth Qĕynan.

10And after he brought forth Qĕynan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

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

12And Qĕynan lived seventy years, and brought forth Mahalal’ĕl.

13After he brought forth Mahalal’ĕl, Qĕynan lived eight hundred and forty years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

14So all the days of Qĕynan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15And Mahalal’ĕl lived sixty-five years, and brought forth Yereḏ.

16And after he brought forth Yereḏ, Mahalal’ĕl lived eight hundred and thirty years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

17So all the days of Mahalal’ĕl were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

18And Yereḏ lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and brought forth Ḥanoḵ.

19And after he brought forth Ḥanoḵ, Yereḏ lived eight hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

20So all the days of Yereḏ were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

21And Ḥanoḵ lived sixty-five years, and brought forth Methushelaḥ.

22And after he brought forth Methushelaḥ, Ḥanoḵ walked with Elohim three hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

23So all the days of Ḥanoḵ were three hundred and sixty-five years.

24And Ḥanoḵ walked with Elohim. Then he was no more, for Elohim took him.

25And Methushelaḥ lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and brought forth Lemeḵ.

26And after he brought forth Lemeḵ, Methushelaḥ lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

27So all the days of Methushelaḥ were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

28And Lemeḵ lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and brought forth a son,

29and called his name Noaḥ, saying, “This one does comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which יהוה has cursed.”

30And after he brought forth Noaḥ, Lemeḵ lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and brought forth sons and daughters.

31So all the days of Lemeḵ were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

32And Noaḥ was five hundred years old, and Noaḥ brought forth Shĕm, Ḥam, and Yapheth.

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