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Genesis 5 :: New International Version (NIV)

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From Adam to Noah

(1Ch 1:1–4; Luk 3:36–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[fn] when they were created.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father[fn] of Enosh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:9 - When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:12 - When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:24 - Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - He named him Noah[fn] and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Hebrew adam
Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7-26.
Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
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