Genesis 5

¹ This is the roll of Adam`s descendants: On the day God created Adam he made him in the likeness of God.

² Male and female he created them. He blessed them and gave them the name ‘Man’ on the day they were created.

³ When Adam was a hundred and thirty years old he became the father of a son, in his likeness, as his image, and he called him Seth.

⁴ Adam lived for eight hundred years after the birth of Seth and he became the father of sons and daughters.

⁵ In all, Adam lived for nine hundred and thirty years; then he died.

⁶ When Seth was a hundred and five years old he became the father of Enosh.

⁷ After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived for eight hundred and seven years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

⁸ In all, Seth lived for nine hundred and twelve years; then he died.

⁹ When Enosh was ninety years old he became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰ After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived for eight hundred and fifteen years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

¹¹ In all, Enosh lived for nine hundred and five years; then he died.

¹² When Kenan was seventy years old he became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³ After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived for eight hundred and forty years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁴ In all, Kenan lived for nine hundred and ten years; then he died.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old he became the father of Jared.

¹⁶ After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and thirty years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁷ In all, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and ninety-five years; then he died.

¹⁸ When Jared was a hundred and sixty two years old he became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹ After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived for eight hundred years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁰ In all, Jared lived for nine hundred and sixty-two years; then he died.

²¹ When Enoch was sixty-five years old he became the father of Methuselah.

²² Enoch walked with God. After the birth of Methuselah he lived for three hundred years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

²³ In all, Enoch lived for three hundred and sixty-five years.

²⁴ Enoch walked with God. Then he vanished because God took him.

²⁵ When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old he became the father of Lamech.

²⁶ After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived for seven hundred and eighty-two years and he became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁷ In all, Methuselah lived for nine hundred and sixty-nine years; then he died.

²⁸ When Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old he became the father of a son.

²⁹ He gave him the name Noah because, he said, ‘Here is one who will give us, in the midst of our toil and the labouring of our hands, a consolation derived from the ground that Yahweh cursed’.

³⁰ After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived for five hundred and ninety-five years and became the father of sons and daughters.

³¹ In all, Lamech lived for seven hundred and seventy-seven years; then he died.

³² When Noah was five hundred years old he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.