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¹ [xr] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.² He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.³ And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.⁴ After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.⁵ So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

⁶ Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.⁷ After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.⁸ So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. ⁹ Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan. [fn] ¹⁰ After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.¹¹ So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died. ¹² Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.¹³ After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.¹⁴ So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died. ¹⁵ Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.¹⁶ After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.¹⁷ So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died. ¹⁸ Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.¹⁹ After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.²⁰ So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

²¹ Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.²² After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.²³ So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.²⁴ And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

²⁵ Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.²⁶ After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.²⁷ So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

²⁸ Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son.²⁹ And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed."³⁰ After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.³¹ So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. ³² And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.