5Genesis 5

The Descendants of Adam

1This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.Select Genesis 5:1

2He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”)Select Genesis 5:2

3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.Select Genesis 5:3

4After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:4

5and died at the age of 930.Select Genesis 5:5

6When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,Select Genesis 5:6

7and then lived another 807 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:7

8and died at the age of 912.Select Genesis 5:8

9When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,Select Genesis 5:9

10and then lived another 815 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:10

11and died at the age of 905.Select Genesis 5:11

12When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,Select Genesis 5:12

13and then lived another 840 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:13

14and died at the age of 910.Select Genesis 5:14

15When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,Select Genesis 5:15

16and then lived another 830 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:16

17and died at the age of 895.Select Genesis 5:17

18When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,Select Genesis 5:18

19and then lived another 800 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:19

20and died at the age of 962.Select Genesis 5:20

21When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.Select Genesis 5:21

22After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.Select Genesis 5:22

23He lived to be 365 years old.Select Genesis 5:23

24He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.Select Genesis 5:24

25When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,Select Genesis 5:25

26and then lived another 782 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:26

27and died at the age of 969.Select Genesis 5:27

28When Lamech was 182, he had a sonSelect Genesis 5:28

29and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.Select Genesis 5:29

30Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other childrenSelect Genesis 5:30

31and died at the age of 777.Select Genesis 5:31

32After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Select Genesis 5:32