Genesis 5
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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Genesis 5
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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