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Genesis 5

¹ This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God’s preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

² a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

³ And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

⁴ And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

⁵ And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

⁶ And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

⁷ And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

⁸ And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

⁹ And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

¹⁰ And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹¹ And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

¹² And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.

¹³ And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹⁴ And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

¹⁵ And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

¹⁶ And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

¹⁸ And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

¹⁹ And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²⁰ And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.

²¹ And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.

²² And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²³ And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.

²⁴ And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.

²⁵ And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

²⁶ And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²⁷ And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

²⁸ And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,

²⁹ and calleth his name Noah, saying, ‘This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.’

³⁰ And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

³¹ And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

³² And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.