The First Book of Moses: Genesis

⭑ Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 5 -

(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)

This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God’s creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;

a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.

And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[ or two hundred and thirty years ]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.

And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years [[ or seven hundred years ]], and he begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dies.

And Seth lives one hundred and five years [[ or two hundred and five years ]], and begets Enos.

And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[ or seven hundred and seven years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dies.

And Enos lives ninety years [[ or one hundred and ninety years ]], and begets Cainan.

And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[ or seven hundred and fifteen years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dies.

And Cainan lives seventy years [[ or one hundred and seventy years ]], and begets Mahalaleel.

And Cainan lives after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years [[ or seven hundred and forty years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dies.

And Mahalaleel lives sixty-five years [[ or one hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets Jared.

And Mahalaleel lives after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years [[ or seven hundred and thirty years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he dies.

God Takes Up Enoch

(Hebrews 11:5)

And Jared lives one hundred and sixty-two years, and begets Enoch.

And Jared lives after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he dies.

And Enoch lives sixty-five years [[ or one hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets Methuselah.

And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[ or two hundred years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty-five years.

And Enoch habitually walks with God, and he is not, for God has taken him.

From Methuselah to Noah

And Methuselah lives one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begets Lamech.

And Methuselah lives after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he dies.

And Lamech lives one hundred and eighty-two years [[ or one hundred and eighty-eight years ]], and begets a son,

and calls his name Noah, saying, “This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed.”

And Lamech lives after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety-five years [[ or five hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets sons and daughters.

And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy-seven years [[ or seven hundred and fifty-three years ]], and he dies.

And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.

He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.(a)

Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh.

Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All of the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.

Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All of the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.

Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.

Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters

and all of the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Jared.

Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All of the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

God Takes Up Enoch

(Hebrews 11:5)

Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.

Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All of the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

From Methuselah to Noah

Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.

Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.

He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”

Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

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

Footnotes

(a)5:2 “Adam” and “Man” are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.