Genesis 5
1 This is the record of Adam’s descendants. On the day God created humankind, he made them in God’s likeness.
2 He created them male and female, blessed them, and gave them the name Humankind on the day they were created.
3 Adam lived 130 years and fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
4 After fathering Seth, Adam lived 800 years and fathered sons and daughters.
5 All the days Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
6 Seth lived 105 years and fathered Enosh.
7 After fathering Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and fathered sons and daughters.
8 All the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
9 Enosh lived 90 years and fathered Kenan.
10 After fathering Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and fathered sons and daughters.
11 All the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
12 Kenan lived 70 years and fathered Mahalalel.
13 After fathering Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and fathered sons and daughters.
14 All the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.
15 Mahalalel lived 65 years and fathered Jared.
16 After fathering Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and fathered sons and daughters.
17 All the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.
18 Jared lived 162 years and fathered Enoch.
19 After fathering Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and fathered sons and daughters.
20 All the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
21 Enoch lived 65 years and fathered Methuselah.
22 After fathering Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years and fathered sons and daughters.
23 All the days of Enoch were 365 years.
24 Enoch walked with God, and he was no longer there, because God took him.
25 Methuselah lived 187 years and fathered Lamech.
26 After fathering Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and fathered sons and daughters.
27 All the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
28 Lamech lived 182 years and fathered a son.
29 He named him Noah, saying, “He will comfort us in our work and in the painful toil of our hands, because of the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 After fathering Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and fathered sons and daughters.
31 All the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
32 Noah was 500 years old, and he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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