Genesis 5

Adam's Descendants to Noah

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, _o he made him in the likeness of God. ² Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man ₁ when they were created. ³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and _p named him Seth. ⁴ _q The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, _r and he died.

⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, _s he fathered Enosh. ⁷ Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. ⁸ Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. ¹⁰ Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. ¹³ Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. ¹⁶ Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered _t Enoch. ¹⁹ Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

²¹ When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. ²² Enoch _u walked with God ₂ after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch _u walked with God, and he was not, _{3 v} for God took him.

²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. ²⁶ Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son ²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground _w that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief ₄ from our work and from the painful toil of our hands." ³⁰ Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

³² After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered _x Shem, Ham, and _y Japheth.

1. Cross References
   Genesis 1:26 - 27
   Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 4:25
   And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 5:4 - 32
   The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.
   1 Chronicles 1:1 - 4
   Adam, Seth, Enosh.
   Luke 3:36 - 38
   The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 3:19
   By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 4:26
   To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
   
6. Cross References
   Jude 1:14
   It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones.
   
7. Cross References
   Genesis 5:24
   Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
   Genesis 6:9
   These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
   Micah 6:8
   He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
   Malachi 2:6
   True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 5:22
   Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
   
9. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:5
   By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
   2 Kings 2:11
   And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
   
10. Cross References
    Genesis 3:17
    And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
    
11. Cross References
    Genesis 6:10
    And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
    
12. Cross References
    Genesis 10:21
    To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
    

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