When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.

When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.

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

Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.

When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,

Descendants of Shem

Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

The Line of Descent from Shem to Abram

This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.