Genesis 5 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Descendants of Adam

(1Ch 1:1–4; Luk 3:36–38 )

This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

Gen 5:2

Gen 5:2He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them [fn]Mankind at the time they were created.

Gen 5:3

When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he [fn]became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

Gen 5:4

Gen 5:4After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:5

Gen 5:5So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.

Gen 5:6

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

Gen 5:7

Gen 5:7Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:8

Gen 5:8So Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

Gen 5:9

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

Gen 5:10

Gen 5:10Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:11

Gen 5:11So Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Gen 5:12

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

Gen 5:13

Gen 5:13Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:14

Gen 5:14So Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Gen 5:15

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

Gen 5:16

Gen 5:16Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after the birth of Jared and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:17

Gen 5:17So Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

Gen 5:18

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

Gen 5:19

Gen 5:19Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:20

Gen 5:20So Jared lived nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

Gen 5:21

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

Gen 5:22

Gen 5:22Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:23

Gen 5:23So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

Gen 5:24

Gen 5:24And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].

Gen 5:25

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

Gen 5:26

Gen 5:26Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:27

Gen 5:27So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Gen 5:28

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

Gen 5:29

Gen 5:29He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD cursed.”

Gen 5:30

Gen 5:30Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters.

Gen 5:31

Gen 5:31So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

Gen 5:32

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