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1 This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them "Human Beings.")
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Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.
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When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
4 After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children
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The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.
5 and died at the age of 930.
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Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
6 When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,
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When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.
7 and then lived another 807 years. He had other children
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Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8 and died at the age of 912.
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Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
9 When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,
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When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.
10 and then lived another 815 years. He had other children
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Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11 and died at the age of 905.
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Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
12 When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,
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When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.
13 and then lived another 840 years. He had other children
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Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 and died at the age of 910.
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Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.
15 When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,
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When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.
16 and then lived another 830 years. He had other children
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Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 and died at the age of 895.
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Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.
18 When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,
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When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered Enoch.
19 and then lived another 800 years. He had other children
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Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 and died at the age of 962.
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Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.
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When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.
22 After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
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Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23 He lived to be 365 years old.
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Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.
24 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
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Enoch walked with God, and he was not,for God took him.
25 When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
26 and then lived another 782 years. He had other children
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Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 and died at the age of 969.
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Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
28 When Lamech was 182, he had a son
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When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered 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.
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and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."
30 Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children
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Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 and died at the age of 777.
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Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.