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Genesis 5

¹This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

²He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” [24] when they were created.

³When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

⁴After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁵Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

⁶When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father [25] of Enosh.

⁷After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁸Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

⁹When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹¹Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

¹²When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

¹⁶After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

¹⁸When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

²¹When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

²²After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

²³Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

²⁴Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

²⁵When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

²⁶After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁷Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

²⁸When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.

²⁹He named him Noah [26] and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

³⁰After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

³¹Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

³²After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.