Bereshis 5:1-6:8

Orthodox Jewish Bible

5 This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him;

² Zakhar and nekevah He created them; and blessed them, and called the shem of them "Adam," in the yom when they were created.

³ And Adam lived a hundred and thirty shanah and fathered in his own demut and after his tzelem (image) and called shmo Shet:

⁴ And the days of Adam after he had fathered Shet were shemoneh me’ot shanah; and he fathered banim and banot:

⁵ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty shanah: and he died.

⁶ And Shet lived a hundred and five shanah, and fathered Enosh;

⁷ And Shet lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven shanah, and fathered banim and banot:

⁸ And all the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve shanah; and he died.

⁹ And Enosh lived ninety shanah, and fathered Kenan;

¹⁰ And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹¹ And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim; and he died.

¹² And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal’el;

¹³ And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal’el eight hundred and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹⁴ And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim; and he died.

¹⁵ And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Yered;

¹⁶ And Mahalal’el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and five shanah; and he died.

¹⁸ And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two shanah, and he fathered Chanoch (Enoch):

¹⁹ And Yered lived after he fathered Chanoch (Enoch) eight hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²⁰ And all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two shanah; and he died.

²¹ And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Metushelach;

²² And Chanoch walked with HaElohim after he fathered Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²³ And all the days of Chanoch were three hundred sixty and five shanah;

²⁴ And Chanoch walked with HaElohim; and he was not; for Elohim took him.

²⁵ And Metushelach lived a hundred eighty and seven shanah, and fathered Lamech.

²⁶ And Metushelach lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred eighty and two shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²⁷ And all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and nine shanah; and he died.

²⁸ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two shanah and fathered ben;

²⁹ And he called shmo Noach, saying, Zeh yenachamenu (this shall comfort us) in our work and toil of our hands, because of the adamah which Hashem hath cursed.

³⁰ And Lamech lived after he fathered Noach five hundred ninety and five shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

³¹ And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven shanah; and he died.

³² And Noach was five hundred years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Cham, and Yephet.

6 And it came to pass, when HaAdam began to multiply on the face of ha’adamah, and banot were born unto them,

² That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose.

³ And Hashem said, My Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not always strive with Adam, for that he also is basar: yet his yamim shall be a hundred and twenty shanah.

⁴ HaNefilim were on ha’aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.

⁵ And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha’aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually.

⁶ And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha’aretz, and He was hurt in His lev.

⁷ And Hashem said, I will wipe out HaAdam whom I have created from the face of ha’adamah; both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes and the Oph HaShomayim; for I relent that I have made them.

⁸ But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of Hashem.