Genesis 5

Adam’s Descendants to Noah

¹This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created Adam, he made him in the likeness of God.[#Or “family records”; #Literally “On the day”; #Or “humankind”]

²Male and female he created them. And he blessed them. And he called their name “Humankind” when they were created.[#Literally “on the day”]

³And 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.

⁴And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

⁵And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

⁶When Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh.[#Literally “On the day”]

⁷And after Seth had fathered Enosh he lived eight hundred and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters.

⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

⁹When Enosh lived ninety years, he fathered Kenan.[#Literally “On the day”]

¹⁰And after Enosh fathered Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and fathered sons and daughters.

¹¹And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

¹²When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.[#Literally “On the day”]

¹³And after Kenan had fathered Mahalalel, he lived eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters.

¹⁴And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Jared.[#Literally “On the day”]

¹⁶And after Mahalalel had fathered Jared, he lived eight hundred and thirty years, and fathered sons and daughters.

¹⁷And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

¹⁸When Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch.[#Literally “On the day”]

¹⁹And after Jared had fathered Enoch, he lived eight hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

²¹When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah.[#Literally “On the day”]

²²And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

²⁴And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him.

²⁵When Methuselah had lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, he fathered Lamech.[#Literally “On the day”]

²⁶And after Methuselah had fathered Lamech, he lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and fathered sons and daughters.

²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

²⁸When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son.[#Literally “On the day”]

²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall relieve us from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.[#Literally “shall comfort us”]

³⁰And after Lamech had fathered Noah he lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he fathered sons and daughters.

³¹All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

³²When Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.[#Literally “On the day”; #Literally “was a son of five hundred years”]