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Genesis 5 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Adam’s Descendants to Noah

(1Ch 1:1–4; Luk 3:36–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man[fn] when they were created.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:9 - When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:12 - When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Enoch walked with God[fn] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:24 - Enoch walked with God, and he was not,[fn] for God took him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[fn] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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ESV Footnotes
Hebrew adam
Septuagint pleased God; also verse 24
Septuagint was not found
Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
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Genesis Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

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