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1 Here is the genealogy of Adam. On the day that God created man he made him in the likeness of God;
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
2 he created them male and female; he blessed them and called them Adam [humankind, man] on the day they were created.
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Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.
3 After Adam lived 130 years he fathered a son like himself and named him Shet.
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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:
4 After Shet was born, Adam lived another 800 years and had both sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
5 In all, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
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And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.
6 Shet lived 105 years and fathered Enosh.
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And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:
7 After Enosh was born, Shet lived another 807 years and had sons and daughters.
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And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
8 In all, Shet lived 912 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.
9 Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan.
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And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:
10 After Kenan was born, Enosh lived another 815 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:
11 In all, Enosh lived 905 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.
12 Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalal'el.
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And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:
13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:
14 In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.
15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.
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And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:
16 After Yered was born, Mahalal'el lived another 830 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
17 In all, Mahalal'el lived 895 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.
18 Yered lived 162 years and fathered Hanokh.
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And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:
19 After Hanokh was born, Yered lived 800 years and had sons and daughters.
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And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
20 In all, Yered lived 962 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.
21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach.
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And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:
22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years.
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And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:
24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.
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And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
25 Metushelach lived 187 years and fathered Lemekh.
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And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
26 After Lemekh was born, Metushelach lived 782 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
27 In all, Metushelach lived 969 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
28 Lemekh lived 182 years and fathered a son,
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And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
29 whom he called Noach [restful]; for he said, "This one will comfort us in our labor, in the hard work we do with our hands [to get what comes] from the ground that ADONAI cursed."
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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.
30 After Noach was born, Lemekh lived 595 years and had sons and daughters.
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And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:
31 In all, Lemekh lived 777 years; then he died.
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And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.
32 Noach was 500 years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Ham and Yefet.
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And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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