The Descendants of Adam
1This is the record of the generations of Adam. On the day God created humankind, he made it in the likeness of God. 2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Humankind on the day they were created. 3When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4After he fathered Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 5Altogether, Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died. 6When Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh. 7After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 8Altogether, Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years, and then he died. 9When Enosh had lived ninety years, he fathered Kenan. 10After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 11Altogether, Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and then he died. 12When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13After he fathered Mahalalel, Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 14Altogether, Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and then he died. 15When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Jared. 16After he fathered Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 17Altogether, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years, and then he died. 18When Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch. 19After he fathered Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 20Altogether, Jared lived nine hundred and sixty-two years, and then he died. 21When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah. 22After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 23Altogether, Enoch lived three hundred and sixty-five years. 24Enoch walked with God, and then he was gone, for God took him. 25When Methuselah had lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, he fathered Lamech. 26After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 27Altogether, Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died. 28When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son, 29and he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands, caused by the ground Yahweh has cursed.” 30After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 31Altogether, Lamech lived seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died. 32When Noah was five hundred years old, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
