CHAPTER 5
This
is the book
of the generations
of Adam.
In the day
that God
created
man,
He made
him
in His own likeness.
Male
and female
He created them,
and He blessed
them.
And in the day
they were created,
He called
them
“man.”
When Adam
was
130
years old,
he had a son
in his own likeness,
after his own image;
and he named him
Seth.
And after
he had become the father of
Seth,
Adam
lived
800
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Enosh,
Seth
lived
807
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Kenan,
Enosh
lived
815
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Mahalaleel,
Kenan
lived
840
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Jared,
Mahalaleel
lived
830
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Enoch,
Jared
lived
800
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Methuselah,
Enoch
walked
with
God
300
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And after
he had become the father of
Lamech,
Methuselah
lived
782
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.
And he named him
Noah,
saying,
“May this one
comfort us
in the labor
and toil
of our hands
caused by
the ground
that
the LORD
has cursed.”
And after
he had become the father of
Noah,
Lamech
lived
595
years
and had other
sons
and daughters.