Genesis 5:13-32

13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.
14 In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.
15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.
16 After Yered was born, Mahalal'el lived another 830 years and had sons and daughters.
17 In all, Mahalal'el lived 895 years; then he died.
18 Yered lived 162 years and fathered Hanokh.
19 After Hanokh was born, Yered lived 800 years and had sons and daughters.
20 In all, Yered lived 962 years; then he died.
21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach.
22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters.
23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years.
24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.
25 Metushelach lived 187 years and fathered Lemekh.
26 After Lemekh was born, Metushelach lived 782 years and had sons and daughters.
27 In all, Metushelach lived 969 years; then he died.
28 Lemekh lived 182 years and fathered 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."
30 After Noach was born, Lemekh lived 595 years and had sons and daughters.
31 In all, Lemekh lived 777 years; then he died.
32 Noach was 500 years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Ham and Yefet.

Genesis 5:13-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

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