亞當的後代

以下是關於亞當後代的記載。

上帝造人的時候,是照祂自己的形像造的。 祂造了男人和女人,又賜福給他們,在創造他們的那日稱他們為「人」。 亞當一百三十歲生了一子,長相酷似自己,給他取名叫塞特。 亞當生了塞特以後,又活了八百年,生兒育女, 九百三十歲去世。

塞特一百零五歲生以挪士, 之後又活了八百零七年,生兒育女, 九百一十二歲去世。

以挪士九十歲生該南, 10 之後又活了八百一十五年,生兒育女, 11 九百零五歲去世。

12 該南七十歲生瑪勒列, 13 之後又活了八百四十年,生兒育女, 14 九百一十歲去世。

15 瑪勒列六十五歲生雅列, 16 之後又活了八百三十年,生兒育女, 17 八百九十五歲去世。

18 雅列一百六十二歲生以諾, 19 之後又活了八百年,生兒育女, 20 九百六十二歲去世。

21 以諾六十五歲生瑪土撒拉, 22 之後與上帝親密同行三百年,生兒育女, 23 共活了三百六十五年。 24 以諾與上帝親密同行,後來被上帝接去,不在世上了。

25 瑪土撒拉一百八十七歲生拉麥, 26 之後又活了七百八十二年,生兒育女, 27 九百六十九歲去世。

28 拉麥一百八十二歲生了一個兒子, 29 取名叫挪亞[a],他說:「耶和華咒詛了大地,以致我們艱辛勞苦,這孩子必使我們從艱辛勞苦中得安慰。」 30 拉麥生挪亞之後,又活了五百九十五年,生兒育女, 31 七百七十七歲去世。

32 挪亞五百歲生閃、含和雅弗。

Footnotes

  1. 5·29 希伯來文中「挪亞」與「安慰」諧音。

The descendants of Adam

This is the report about Adam and his family.

When God made men and women, he made them like himself. God made male and female people and he called them ‘human’. He blessed them.

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. Adam called him Seth. After Seth was born, Adam lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. Adam was 930 years old when he died.

When Seth was 105 years old, he had a son. He called him Enosh. After Enosh was born, Seth lived for 807 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. Seth was 912 years old when he died.

When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son. He called him Kenan. 10 After Kenan was born, Enosh lived for 815 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 11 Enosh was 905 years old when he died.

12 When Kenan was 70 years old, he had a son. He called him Mahalalel. 13 After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived for 840 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 14 Kenan was 910 years old when he died.

15 When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Jared. 16 After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived for 830 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 17 Mahalalel was 895 years old when he died.

18 When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son. He called him Enoch. 19 After Enoch was born, Jared lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 20 Jared was 962 years old when he died.

21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Methuselah. 22 After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived as God wanted for 300 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 23 Enoch lived on earth for 365 years. 24 Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him.[a]

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech.[b] 26 After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived for 782 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 27 Methuselah was 969 years old when he died.

28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. 29 He called his son Noah. Lamech said, ‘He will help us in our difficult work on the land. We have pain when we work on the land to get food. That is because the Lord God cursed the ground.’ 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived for 595 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 31 Lamech was 777 years old when he died.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Footnotes

  1. 5:24 God took Enoch to be with him in heaven. So Enoch did not die like other people die.
  2. 5:25 This is not the same Lamech as the one who killed a young man. See Genesis 4:23.