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Genesis 5 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Descendants of Adam
(1Ch 1:1–4; Luk 3:36–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings,[fn] he made them to be like himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - After the birth of[fn] Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - Enoch lived 365 years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:24 - walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief[fn] from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Or man; Hebrew reads adam; similarly in 5:2.
Or the ancestor of; also in 5:9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25.
Or the birth of this ancestor of; also in 5:10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26.
Noah sounds like a Hebrew term that can mean “relief” or “comfort.”
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