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Descendants of Adam

1-2 (A) God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

3-4 When Adam was 130, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children and died at the age of 930.

When Seth was 105, he had a son named Enosh. Seth had more children and died at the age of 912.

When Enosh was 90, he had a son named Kenan. 10 Enosh had more children 11 and died at the age of 905.

12 When Kenan was 70, he had a son named Mahalalel. 13 Kenan had more children 14 and died at the age of 910.

15 When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son named Jared. 16 Mahalalel had more children 17 and died at the age of 895.

18 When Jared was 162, he had a son named Enoch. 19 Jared had more children 20 and died at the age of 962.

21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son named Methuselah, 22 and during the next 300 years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God, 23-24 (B) and God took him away at the age of 365.

25 When Methuselah was 187, he had a son named Lamech. 26 Methuselah had more children 27 and died at the age of 969.

28 When Lamech was one 182, he had a son. 29 Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort,[a] as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse.” 30 Lamech had more children 31 and died at the age of 777.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Footnotes

  1. 5.29 Noah … comfort: In Hebrew “Noah” sounds like “comfort.”

Adam’s Descendants to Noah

This is the record of the generations[a] of Adam. When[b] God created Adam,[c] he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them. And he blessed them. And he called their name “Humankind” when[d] they were created. And when Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he fathered a child in his likeness, according to his image. And he called his name Seth. And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters. And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

When[e] Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh. And after Seth had fathered Enosh he lived eight hundred and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters. And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

When[f] Enosh lived ninety years, he fathered Kenan. 10 And after Enosh fathered Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and fathered sons and daughters. 11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 When[g] Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13 And after Kenan had fathered Mahalalel, he lived eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15 When[h] Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Jared. 16 And after Mahalalel had fathered Jared, he lived eight hundred and thirty years, and fathered sons and daughters. 17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

18 When[i] Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch. 19 And after Jared had fathered Enoch, he lived eight hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

21 When[j] Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him.

25 When[k] Methuselah had lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, he fathered Lamech. 26 And after Methuselah had fathered Lamech, he lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and fathered sons and daughters. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

28 When[l] Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son. 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall relieve us[m] from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed. 30 And after Lamech had fathered Noah he lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he fathered sons and daughters. 31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

32 When[n] Noah was five hundred years old,[o] Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 5:1 Or “family records”
  2. Genesis 5:1 Literally “On the day”
  3. Genesis 5:1 Or “humankind”
  4. Genesis 5:2 Literally “on the day”
  5. Genesis 5:6 Literally “On the day”
  6. Genesis 5:9 Literally “On the day”
  7. Genesis 5:12 Literally “On the day”
  8. Genesis 5:15 Literally “On the day”
  9. Genesis 5:18 Literally “On the day”
  10. Genesis 5:21 Literally “On the day”
  11. Genesis 5:25 Literally “On the day”
  12. Genesis 5:28 Literally “On the day”
  13. Genesis 5:29 Literally “shall comfort us”
  14. Genesis 5:32 Literally “On the day”
  15. Genesis 5:32 Literally “was a son of five hundred years”