Gênesis 5
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A Descendência de Adão
5 Este é o registro da descendência de Adão:
Quando Deus criou o homem, à semelhança de Deus o fez; 2 homem e mulher os criou. Quando foram criados, ele os abençoou e os chamou Homem[a].
3 Aos 130 anos, Adão gerou um filho à sua semelhança, conforme a sua imagem; e deu-lhe o nome de Sete. 4 Depois que gerou Sete, Adão viveu 800 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 5 Viveu ao todo 930 anos e morreu.
6 Aos 105 anos, Sete gerou[b] Enos. 7 Depois que gerou Enos, Sete viveu 807 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 8 Viveu ao todo 912 anos e morreu.
9 Aos 90 anos, Enos gerou Cainã. 10 Depois que gerou Cainã, Enos viveu 815 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 11 Viveu ao todo 905 anos e morreu.
12 Aos 70 anos, Cainã gerou Maalaleel. 13 Depois que gerou Maalaleel, Cainã viveu 840 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 14 Viveu ao todo 910 anos e morreu.
15 Aos 65 anos, Maalaleel gerou Jarede. 16 Depois que gerou Jarede, Maalaleel viveu 830 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 17 Viveu ao todo 895 anos e morreu.
18 Aos 162 anos, Jarede gerou Enoque. 19 Depois que gerou Enoque, Jarede viveu 800 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 20 Viveu ao todo 962 anos e morreu.
21 Aos 65 anos, Enoque gerou Matusalém. 22 Depois que gerou Matusalém, Enoque andou com Deus 300 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 23 Viveu ao todo 365 anos. 24 Enoque andou com Deus; e já não foi encontrado, pois Deus o havia arrebatado.
25 Aos 187 anos, Matusalém gerou Lameque. 26 Depois que gerou Lameque, Matusalém viveu 782 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 27 Viveu ao todo 969 anos e morreu.
28 Aos 182 anos, Lameque gerou um filho. 29 Deu-lhe o nome de Noé e disse: “Ele nos aliviará do nosso trabalho e do sofrimento de nossas mãos, causados pela terra que o Senhor amaldiçoou”. 30 Depois que Noé nasceu, Lameque viveu 595 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. 31 Viveu ao todo 777 anos e morreu.
32 Aos 500 anos, Noé tinha gerado Sem, Cam e Jafé.
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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