The First Book of Moses: Genesis

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- Chapter 5 -

(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)

This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.(a)

He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth.

And after he conceived Seth, the days of Adam that passed were eight hundred years. And he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

Seth likewise lived for one hundred and five years, and then he conceived Enos.

And after he conceived Enos, Seth lived for eight hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Seth that passed were nine hundred and twelve years, and then he died.

In truth, Enos lived ninety years, and then he conceived Cainan.

After his birth, he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Enos that passed were nine hundred and five years, and then he died.

Likewise, Cainan lived seventy years, and then he conceived Mahalalel.

And after he conceived Mahalalel, Cainan lived for eight hundred and forty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Cainan that passed were nine hundred and ten years, and then he died.

And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and then he conceived Jared.

And after he conceived Jared, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Mahalalel that passed were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and then he died.

God Takes Up Enoch

(Hebrews 11:5)

And Jared lived for one hundred and sixty-two years, and then he conceived Enoch.

And after he conceived Enoch, Jared lived for eight hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Jared that passed were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and then he died.

Now Enoch lived for sixty-five years, and then he conceived Methuselah.

And Enoch walked with God. And after he conceived Methuselah, he lived for three hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Enoch that passed were three hundred and sixty-five years.

And he walked with God, and then he was seen no more, because God took him.(b)

From Methuselah to Noah

Likewise, Methuselah lived for one hundred and eighty-seven years, and then he conceived Lamech.

And after he conceived Lamech, Methuselah lived for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Methuselah that passed were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.

Then Lamech lived for one hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived a son.

And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will console us from the works and hardships of our hands, in the land that the Lord has cursed.”

And after he conceived Noah, Lamech lived for five hundred and ninety-five years, and he conceived sons and daughters.

And all the days of Lamech that passed were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died. In truth, when Noah was five hundred years old, he conceived Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Footnotes

(a)5:1 Notice that generation is singular; this is because the word ‘generation’ in this context refers to lineage, not to each successive generation.(Conte)

(b)5:24 Enoch is considered to be one of the two prophets of Revelation 11, the other being Elijah, because both Enoch and Elijah did not die during their lifetime on earth, but were taken by God. The two prophets of Revelation 11 die at the end of their 1260 days of prophesying.(Conte)

(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.