Genesis 5:6-16

6 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos.

7 And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters.

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9 And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan.

10 And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel.

13 And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15 And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared.

16 And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:6-16 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.