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1 This is the book of the generation(s) of Adam, in the day wherein God made man of nought. God made man to the image and likeness of God; (This is the book of the descendants of Adam. On the day when God made man out of nothing, God made man in the image and likeness of God;)
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This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
2 God formed them male and female, and blessed them, and called the name of them Adam, in the day in which they were formed. (God formed them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Man, on the day when they were formed.)
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He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
3 Forsooth Adam lived an hundred years and thirty, and begat a son to his image and likeness, and called his name Seth. (And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and then begat a son in his image and likeness, and called his name Seth.)
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When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
4 And the days of Adam after that he begat Seth were made eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.
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After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5 And all the time in which Adam lived was made nine hundred years and thirty, and he was dead. (And all the time in which Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.)
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Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and (then) begat Enos.
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When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
7 And Seth lived after that he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8 And all the days of Seth were made nine hundred and twelve years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9 Forsooth Enos lived ninety years, and (then) begat Cainan;
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When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
10 after whose birth Enos lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11 And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12 Also Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. (And Cainan lived seventy years, and then begat Mahalaleel.)
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When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13 And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 And all the days of Cainan were made nine hundred and ten years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15 Forsooth Mahalaleel lived sixty years and five, and begat Jared. (And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and then begat Jared.)
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When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
16 And Mahalaleel lived after that he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were made eight hundred [and] ninety and five years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) begat Enoch.
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When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19 And Jared lived after that he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 And all the days of Jared were made nine hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 Forsooth Enoch lived five and sixty years, and (then) begat Methuselah.
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When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God); and Enoch lived after that he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and five and sixty years.
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Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God), and appeared not afterward, for God took him away.
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Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25 Also Methuselah lived an hundred and seven and eighty years, and begat Lamech. (And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and then begat Lamech.)
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26 And Methuselah lived after that he begat Lamech seven hundred and two and eighty years, and begat sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.
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Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;
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When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 and [he] called his name Noe , and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed. (and he called his name Noah, and said, This son shall bring us comfort from all the work and labour of our hands, on the land which the Lord hath cursed.)
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He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 And Lamech lived after that he begat Noe five hundred [and] ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters. (And after that he begat Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters.)
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After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred [and] seventy and seven years, and he was dead. (And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died.)
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Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32 Forsooth Noe, when he was of five hundred years, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.)
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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