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The Descendants of Adam^(a)

^1 (b)This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself. ^2 (c)He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them "Human Beings.") ³ When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. ⁴ After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children ⁵ and died at the age of 930.

⁶ When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh, ⁷ and then lived another 807 years. He had other children ⁸ and died at the age of 912.

⁹ When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan, ¹⁰ and then lived another 815 years. He had other children ¹¹ and died at the age of 905.

¹² When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel, ¹³ and then lived another 840 years. He had other children ¹⁴ and died at the age of 910.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared, ¹⁶ and then lived another 830 years. He had other children ¹⁷ and died at the age of 895.

¹⁸ When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch, ¹⁹ and then lived another 800 years. He had other children ²⁰ and died at the age of 962.

²¹ When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah. ²² After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children. ²³ He lived to be 365 years old. ^24 (d)He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

²⁵ When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech, ²⁶ and then lived another 782 years. He had other children ²⁷ and died at the age of 969.

²⁸ When Lamech was 182, he had a son ²⁹ and 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.^{[a] 30} Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children ³¹ and died at the age of 777.

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