Genesis 5:22-29

Common English Bible

²² Enoch walked with God. After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch lived 300 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ²³ In all, Enoch lived 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked with God and disappeared because God took him.

²⁵ When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. ²⁶ After Lamech’s birth, Methuselah lived 782 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ In all, Methuselah lived 969 years, and he died.

²⁸ When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son ²⁹ and named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us relief^[a] from our hard work, from the pain in our hands, because of the fertile land that the Lord cursed.”