The Reign of Sin

Chapter 4

Hostility toward One’s Neighbor. Adam was intimate with Eve his wife and she conceived and bore a son named Cain. She said, “I have obtained a son from the Lord.”

Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. He became the founder of a city, which he named after his son, Enoch.

First Stages of the History of Salvation. Adam was once again intimate with his wife, and she bore a son who was named Seth. She said, “God has granted me another child to take the place of Abel whom Cain killed.”

Seth also had a son who was named Enosh. It was at this time that people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he had a son in his likeness, who was named Seth.

After he had Seth, Adam lived another eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Enosh, he lived another eight hundred and seven years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Kenan, Enosh lived another eight hundred and fifteen years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Mahalalel, he lived another eight hundred and forty years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Jared, he lived another eight hundred and thirty years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Enoch, he lived another eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

Enoch walked with God. After he had Methuselah, he lived another three hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

After he had Lamech, he lived another seven hundred and eighty-two years and had other sons and daughters.

Lamech was one hundred eighty-two years old when he had a son.

He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall be a consolation for the work and labor that we must endure because the Lord has cursed the soil.”

After he had Noah, Lamech lived another five hundred ninety-five years and had other sons and daughters.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married as many of them as they wanted.

There were giants upon the earth at this time, as well as afterward. They were the children of the sons of God who married the daughters of men. These were the heroes of times past, men of renown.

Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

But I will establish a covenant with you. “Go into the ark, you and your sons, your wife, and the wives of your sons.

Noah went into the ark with his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons to escape from the waters of the flood.

That day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth entered the ark along with the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons.

“Leave the ark, you and your wife, your sons and their wives.

Noah left the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

Chapter 9

God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.