5:1 This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself. |
5:2 He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them "Human Beings.") |
5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. |
5:4 After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children |
5:5 and died at the age of 930. |
5:6 When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh, |
5:7 and then lived another 807 years. He had other children |
5:8 and died at the age of 912. |
5:9 When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan, |
5:10 and then lived another 815 years. He had other children |
5:11 and died at the age of 905. |
5:12 When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel, |
5:13 and then lived another 840 years. He had other children |
5:14 and died at the age of 910. |
5:15 When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared, |
5:16 and then lived another 830 years. He had other children |
5:17 and died at the age of 895. |
5:18 When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch, |
5:19 and then lived another 800 years. He had other children |
5:20 and died at the age of 962. |
5:21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah. |
5:22 After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children. |
5:23 He lived to be 365 years old. |
5:24 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away. |
5:25 When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech, |
5:26 and then lived another 782 years. He had other children |
5:27 and died at the age of 969. |
5:28 When Lamech was 182, he had a son |
5:29 and said, "From the very ground on which the LORD put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah. |
5:30 Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children |
5:31 and died at the age of 777. |
5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |