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Chapter 5

This is the book of genealogy for Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God; male and female he created them. He blessed them and named them “human.”

Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he had a son in his likeness, who was named Seth. After he had Seth, Adam lived another eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters. Adam lived for nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

Seth was one hundred and five years old when he had Enosh. After he had Enosh, he lived another eight hundred and seven years and had other sons and daughters. Seth lived for nine hundred and twelve years, and then he died.

Enosh was ninety years old when he had Kenan. 10 After he had Kenan, Enosh lived another eight hundred and fifteen years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Enosh lived for nine hundred and five years, and then he died.

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From Adam to Noah

This is the written account(A) of Adam’s family line.(B)

When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.(C) He created them(D) male and female(E) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[a] when they were created.

When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(F) and he named him Seth.(G) After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.(H)

When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father[b] of Enosh.(I) After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.(J) 10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
  2. Genesis 5:6 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7-26.