Genesis, 5

¹ This is the book of Adam’s history.^*1 In the day of God’s creating Adam he made him in the likeness of God.

² Male and female he created them. After that he blessed them and called their name Man^*1 in the day of their being created.

³ And Adam lived on for a hundred and thirty years. Then he became father to a son in his likeness, in his image, and called his name Seth.

⁴ And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

⁵ So all the days of Adam that he lived amounted to^*1 nine hundred and thirty years and he died.

⁶ And Seth lived on for a hundred and five years. Then he became father to Eʹnosh.

⁷ And after his fathering Eʹnosh Seth continued to live eight hundred and seven years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

⁸ So all the days of Seth amounted to nine hundred and twelve years and he died.

⁹ And Eʹnosh lived on for ninety years. Then he became father to Keʹnan.

¹⁰ And after his fathering Keʹnan Eʹnosh continued to live eight hundred and fifteen years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

¹¹ So all the days of Eʹnosh amounted to nine hundred and five years and he died.

¹² And Keʹnan lived on for seventy years. Then he became father to Ma·halʹa·lel.

¹³ And after his fathering Ma·halʹa·lel Keʹnan continued to live eight hundred and forty years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

¹⁴ So all the days of Keʹnan amounted to nine hundred and ten years and he died.

¹⁵ And Ma·halʹa·lel lived on for sixty-five years. Then he became father to Jaʹred.

¹⁶ And after his fathering Jaʹred Ma·halʹa·lel continued to live eight hundred and thirty years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

¹⁷ So all the days of Ma·halʹa·lel amounted to eight hundred and ninety-five years and he died.

¹⁸ And Jaʹred lived on for a hundred and sixty-two years. Then he became father to Eʹnoch.^*1

¹⁹ And after his fathering Eʹnoch Jaʹred continued to live eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

²⁰ So all the days of Jaʹred amounted to nine hundred and sixty-two years and he died.

²¹ And Eʹnoch lived on for sixty-five years. Then he became father to Me·thuʹse·lah.

²² And after his fathering Me·thuʹse·lah Eʹnoch went on walking with^*1 the [true] God^*2 three hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

²³ So all the days of Eʹnoch amounted to three hundred and sixty-five years.

²⁴ And Eʹnoch kept walking with the [true] God. Then he was no more, for God^*1 took him.^*2

²⁵ And Me·thuʹse·lah lived on for a hundred and eighty-seven years. Then he became father to Laʹmech.

²⁶ And after his fathering Laʹmech Me·thuʹse·lah continued to live seven hundred and eighty-two years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

²⁷ So all the days of Me·thuʹse·lah amounted to nine hundred and sixty-nine years and he died.

²⁸ And Laʹmech lived on for a hundred and eighty-two years. Then he became father to a son.

²⁹ And he proceeded to call his name Noah,^*1 saying: “This one will bring us comfort from our work and from the pain of our hands resulting from the ground which Jehovah has cursed.”

³⁰ And after his fathering Noah Laʹmech continued to live five hundred and ninety-five years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.

³¹ So all the days of Laʹmech amounted to seven hundred and seventy-seven years and he died.

³² And Noah got to be five hundred years old. After that Noah became father to Shem, Ham and Jaʹpheth.