Genesis 5
The Descendants of Adam
(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)
¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
² Male and female He created them,1 and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”2
³ When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
⁴ And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
⁵ So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
⁶ When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
⁷ And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
⁸ So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
⁹ When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
¹⁰ And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
¹¹ So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
¹² When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
¹³ And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
¹⁴ So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
¹⁵ When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
¹⁶ And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
¹⁷ So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
God Takes Up Enoch
(Hebrews 11:5)
¹⁸ When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
¹⁹ And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
²⁰ So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
²¹ When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
²² And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 3 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
²³ So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.4
From Methuselah to Noah
²⁵ When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
²⁶ And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
²⁷ So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
²⁸ When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
²⁹ And he named him Noah,5 saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
³⁰ And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
³¹ So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
³² After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.