Genesis, 5

¹ This is the book of Adam’s history. In the day that God created Adam, he made him in the likeness of God.

² Male and female he created them. On the day they were created, he blessed them and named them Man.^*1

³ Adam lived for 130 years and then became father to a son in his likeness, in his image, and he named him Seth.

⁴ After becoming father to Seth, Adam lived for 800 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

⁵ So all the days of Adam’s life amounted to 930 years, and then he died.

⁶ Seth lived for 105 years and then became father to Eʹnosh.

⁷ After becoming father to Eʹnosh, Seth lived for 807 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

⁸ So all the days of Seth amounted to 912 years, and then he died.

⁹ Eʹnosh lived for 90 years and then became father to Keʹnan.

¹⁰ After becoming father to Keʹnan, Eʹnosh lived for 815 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

¹¹ So all the days of Eʹnosh amounted to 905 years, and then he died.

¹² Keʹnan lived for 70 years and then became father to Ma·halʹa·lel.

¹³ After becoming father to Ma·halʹa·lel, Keʹnan lived for 840 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

¹⁴ So all the days of Keʹnan amounted to 910 years, and then he died.

¹⁵ Ma·halʹa·lel lived for 65 years and then became father to Jaʹred.

¹⁶ After becoming father to Jaʹred, Ma·halʹa·lel lived for 830 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

¹⁷ So all the days of Ma·halʹa·lel amounted to 895 years, and then he died.

¹⁸ Jaʹred lived for 162 years and then became father to Eʹnoch.

¹⁹ After becoming father to Eʹnoch, Jaʹred lived for 800 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

²⁰ So all the days of Jaʹred amounted to 962 years, and then he died.

²¹ Eʹnoch lived for 65 years and then became father to Me·thuʹse·lah.

²² After becoming father to Me·thuʹse·lah, Eʹnoch continued to walk with the true God^*1 for 300 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

²³ So all the days of Eʹnoch amounted to 365 years.

²⁴ Eʹnoch kept walking with the true God. Then he was no more, for God took him.

²⁵ Me·thuʹse·lah lived for 187 years and then became father to Laʹmech.

²⁶ After becoming father to Laʹmech, Me·thuʹse·lah lived for 782 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

²⁷ So all the days of Me·thuʹse·lah amounted to 969 years, and then he died.

²⁸ Laʹmech lived for 182 years and then became father to a son.

²⁹ He named him Noah,^*1 saying: “This one will bring us comfort^*2 from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that Jehovah has cursed.”

³⁰ After becoming father to Noah, Laʹmech lived for 595 years. And he became father to sons and daughters.

³¹ So all the days of Laʹmech amounted to 777 years, and then he died.

³² After Noah reached 500 years of age, he became father to Shem, Ham, and Jaʹpheth.