Genesis 5:1-31
This is the list of the descendants
of Adam. (When God created human beings, He made them like himself. He created
them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Mankind.”) When Adam was
130
years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. After
that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other
children and dieda t the age
of 930.
When Seth was 105, he had a son,
Enosh, and then lived another 807 years. He had other children and died at the
age of 912.
When Enosh was 90, he had a son,
Kenan and then lived another 815 years. He had other children and died at the
age of 905.
When Kenan was 70, he had a son,
Mahalalel and then lived another 840 years. He had other children and died at
the age of 910.
When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son,
Jared, and then lived another 830 years. He had other children and died at the
age of 895.
When Jared was 162, he had a son,
Enoch, and then lived another 800 years. He had other children and die at the
age of 962.
When Enoch was 65, he had a son,
Methuselah. After that Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had
other children. He lived to be 365 years old. He spent his life in fellowship
with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
When Methuselah was 187, he had a
son, Lamech and then lived another 782 years. He had other children and died at
the age of 969.
When Lamech was 182, he had a son
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.” Lamech lived
another 595 years. He had other children and died at the age of 777.
After Noah was 500 years old, he had
three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.