Genesis 5

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The descendants of Adam

5 This is the report about Adam and his family.

When God made men and women, he made them like himself. ² God made male and female people and he called them ‘human’. He blessed them.

³ When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. Adam called him Seth. ⁴ After Seth was born, Adam lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Adam was 930 years old when he died.

⁶ When Seth was 105 years old, he had a son. He called him Enosh. ⁷ After Enosh was born, Seth lived for 807 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ⁸ Seth was 912 years old when he died.

⁹ When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son. He called him Kenan. ¹⁰ After Kenan was born, Enosh lived for 815 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Enosh was 905 years old when he died.

¹² When Kenan was 70 years old, he had a son. He called him Mahalalel. ¹³ After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived for 840 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Kenan was 910 years old when he died.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Jared. ¹⁶ After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived for 830 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Mahalalel was 895 years old when he died.

¹⁸ When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son. He called him Enoch. ¹⁹ After Enoch was born, Jared lived for 800 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Jared was 962 years old when he died.

²¹ When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Methuselah. ²² After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived as God wanted for 300 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ²³ Enoch lived on earth for 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him.^[a]

²⁵ When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech.^{[b] 26} After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived for 782 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Methuselah was 969 years old when he died.

²⁸ When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. ²⁹ He called his son Noah. Lamech said, ‘He will help us in our difficult work on the land. We have pain when we work on the land to get food. That is because the Lord God cursed the ground.’ ³⁰ After Noah was born, Lamech lived for 595 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Lamech was 777 years old when he died.

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