創世記 5
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亞當之後裔
5 亞當的後代記在下面。當神造人的日子，是照著自己的樣式造的， 2 並且造男造女。在他們被造的日子，神賜福給他們，稱他們為人。 3 亞當活到一百三十歲，生了一個兒子，形象樣式和自己相似，就給他起名叫塞特。 4 亞當生塞特之後，又在世八百年，並且生兒養女。 5 亞當共活了九百三十歲就死了。
6 塞特活到一百零五歲，生了以挪士。 7 塞特生以挪士之後，又活了八百零七年，並且生兒養女。 8 塞特共活了九百一十二歲就死了。
9 以挪士活到九十歲，生了該南。 10 以挪士生該南之後，又活了八百一十五年，並且生兒養女。 11 以挪士共活了九百零五歲就死了。
12 該南活到七十歲，生了瑪勒列。 13 該南生瑪勒列之後，又活了八百四十年，並且生兒養女。 14 該南共活了九百一十歲就死了。
15 瑪勒列活到六十五歲，生了雅列。 16 瑪勒列生雅列之後，又活了八百三十年，並且生兒養女。 17 瑪勒列共活了八百九十五歲就死了。
18 雅列活到一百六十二歲，生了以諾。 19 雅列生以諾之後，又活了八百年，並且生兒養女。 20 雅列共活了九百六十二歲就死了。
以諾被主接去
21 以諾活到六十五歲，生了瑪土撒拉。 22 以諾生瑪土撒拉之後，與神同行三百年，並且生兒養女。 23 以諾共活了三百六十五歲。 24 以諾與神同行，神將他取去，他就不在世了。
25 瑪土撒拉活到一百八十七歲，生了拉麥。 26 瑪土撒拉生拉麥之後，又活了七百八十二年，並且生兒養女。 27 瑪土撒拉共活了九百六十九歲就死了。
28 拉麥活到一百八十二歲，生了一個兒子， 29 給他起名叫挪亞，說：「這個兒子必為我們的操作和手中的勞苦安慰我們，這操作勞苦是因為耶和華咒詛地。」 30 拉麥生挪亞之後，又活了五百九十五年，並且生兒養女。 31 拉麥共活了七百七十七歲就死了。 32 挪亞五百歲生了閃、含、雅弗。
Genesis 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
Generations: Adam to Noah.[a] 1 (A)This is the record of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them in the likeness of God; 2 he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and named them humankind.
3 (B)Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he begot a son in his likeness, after his image; and he named him Seth.(C) 4 Adam lived eight hundred years after he begot Seth, and he had other sons and daughters. 5 The whole lifetime of Adam was nine hundred and thirty years; then he died.
6 When Seth was one hundred and five years old, he begot Enosh. 7 Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he begot Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters. 8 The whole lifetime of Seth was nine hundred and twelve years; then he died.
9 When Enosh was ninety years old, he begot Kenan. 10 Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he begot Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters. 11 The whole lifetime of Enosh was nine hundred and five years; then he died.
12 When Kenan was seventy years old, he begot Mahalalel. 13 Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he begot Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. 14 The whole lifetime of Kenan was nine hundred and ten years; then he died.
15 When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, he begot Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he begot Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. 17 The whole lifetime of Mahalalel was eight hundred and ninety-five years; then he died.
18 When Jared was one hundred and sixty-two years old, he begot Enoch. 19 Jared lived eight hundred years after he begot Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. 20 The whole lifetime of Jared was nine hundred and sixty-two years; then he died.
21 When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he begot Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah for three hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. 23 The whole lifetime of Enoch was three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God,[b] and he was no longer here, for God took him.(D)
25 When Methuselah was one hundred and eighty-seven years old, he begot Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he begot Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. 27 The whole lifetime of Methuselah was nine hundred and sixty-nine years; then he died.
28 When Lamech was one hundred and eighty-two years old, he begot a son 29 (E)and named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us relief from our work and the toil of our hands, out of the very ground that the Lord has put under a curse.”[c] 30 Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he begot Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. 31 The whole lifetime of Lamech was seven hundred and seventy-seven years; then he died.
32 When Noah was five hundred years old, he begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.[d](F)
Footnotes
- 5:1–32 The second of the five Priestly formulas in Part I (“This is the record of the descendants…”; see 2:4a; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10) introduces the second of the three linear genealogies in Gn 1–11 (4:17–24 and 11:10–26). In each, a list of individuals (six in 4:17–24, ten in 5:1–32, or nine in 11:10–26) ends in three people who initiate action. Linear genealogies (father to son) in ancient societies had a communicative function, grounding the authority or claim of the last-named individual in the first-named. Here, the genealogy has a literary function as well, advancing the story by showing the expansion of the human race after Adam, as well as the transmission to his descendant Noah of the divine image given to Adam. Correcting the impression one might get from the genealogy in 4:17–24, this genealogy traces the line through Seth rather than through Cain. Most of the names in the series are the same as the names in Cain’s line in 4:17–19 (Enosh, Enoch, Lamech) or spelled with variant spellings (Mahalalel, Jared, Methuselah). The genealogy itself and its placement before the flood shows the influence of ancient Mesopotamian literature, which contains lists of cities and kings before and after the flood. Before the flood, the ages of the kings ranged from 18,600 to 36,000 years, but after it were reduced to between 140 and 1,200 years. The biblical numbers are much smaller. There are some differences in the numbers in the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.
- 5:24 Enoch is in the important seventh position in the ten-member genealogy. In place of the usual formula “then he died,” the change to “Enoch walked with God” implies that he did not die, but like Elijah (2 Kgs 2:11–12) was taken alive to God’s abode. This mysterious narrative spurred much speculation and writing (beginning as early as the third century B.C.) about Enoch the sage who knew the secrets of heaven and who could communicate them to human beings (see Sir 44:16; 49:14; Hb 11:5; Jude 14–15 and the apocryphal work 1 Enoch).
- 5:29 The sound of the Hebrew word noah, “Noah,” is echoed in the word yenahamenu, “he will bring us relief”; the latter refers both to the curse put on the soil because of human disobedience (3:17–19) and to Noah’s success in agriculture, especially in raising grapes for wine (9:20–21).
- 5:32 Shem, Ham, and Japheth: like the genealogies in 4:17–24 and 11:10–26, the genealogy ends in three individuals who engage in important activity. Their descendants will be detailed in chap. 10, where it will be seen that the lineage is political-geographical as well as “ethnic.”
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