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Genesis 5 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Adam’s Descendants to Noah

Gen 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
Gen 5:2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man[fn] when they were created.
Gen 5:3When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Gen 5:4The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
Gen 5:6When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.
Gen 5:7Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:8Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
Gen 5:9When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.
Gen 5:10Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:11Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
Gen 5:12When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.
Gen 5:13Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:14Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.
Gen 5:15When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.
Gen 5:16Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:17Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.
Gen 5:18When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.
Gen 5:19Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:20Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
Gen 5:21When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.
Gen 5:22Enoch walked with God[fn] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:23Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.
Gen 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not,[fn] for God took him.
Gen 5:25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
Gen 5:26Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
Gen 5:28When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son
Gen 5:29and 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.”
Gen 5:30Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
Gen 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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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