Genesis 5:6-16

6 vixit quoque Seth centum quinque annos et genuit Enos

7 vixitque Seth postquam genuit Enos octingentis septem annis genuitque filios et filias

8 et facti sunt omnes dies Seth nongentorum duodecim annorum et mortuus est

9 vixit vero Enos nonaginta annis et genuit Cainan

10 post cuius ortum vixit octingentis quindecim annis et genuit filios et filias

11 factique sunt omnes dies Enos nongentorum quinque annorum et mortuus est

12 vixit quoque Cainan septuaginta annis et genuit Malalehel

13 et vixit Cainan postquam genuit Malalehel octingentos quadraginta annos genuitque filios et filias

14 et facti sunt omnes dies Cainan nongenti decem anni et mortuus est

15 vixit autem Malalehel sexaginta quinque annos et genuit Iared

16 et vixit Malalehel postquam genuit Iared octingentis triginta annis et genuit filios et filias

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.