Genesis 5
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The Descendants of Adam
(1 Chronicles 1.1-4)
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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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Genesis 5
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Genesis 5
1¶ This is the book of the descendants of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;
2male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.
3And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth:
4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters;
5and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6¶ And Seth lived one hundred and five years and begat Enos.
7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters;
8and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
9And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan,
10and Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years and begat sons and daughters;
11and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
12And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel;
13and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years and begat sons and daughters;
14and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
15And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years and begat Jared;
16and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters;
17and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety-five years and he died.
18And Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years and he begat Enoch;
19and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years and begat sons and daughters;
20and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died.
21¶ And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah;
22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years and begat sons and daughters;
23and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
25¶ And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;
26and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years and begat sons and daughters;
27and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.
28¶ And Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years and begat a son;
29and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.
30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety-five years and begat sons and daughters;
31and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.
32And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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