The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
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This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.
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He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them "Human Beings.")
3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
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When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.
4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
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After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children
5 And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 930.
6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:
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When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,
7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 807 years. He had other children
8 And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 912.
9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:
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When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,
10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 815 years. He had other children
11 And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 905.
12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:
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When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,
13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 840 years. He had other children
14 And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 910.
15 And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:
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When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,
16 And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 830 years. He had other children
17 And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 895.
18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:
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When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,
19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 800 years. He had other children
20 And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 962.
21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:
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When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.
22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
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After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:
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He lived to be 365 years old.
24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
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He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
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When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,
26 And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
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and then lived another 782 years. He had other children
27 And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 969.
28 And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
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When Lamech was 182, he had a son
29 And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
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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.
30 And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:
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Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children
31 And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.
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and died at the age of 777.
32 And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.