Genesis Chapter 5
The genealogy from Adam to Noah, marked by long lifespans and Enoch's walk with God.
Genesis 5 is a genealogical record tracing generations from Adam through Seth, Enos, and Cainan down to Noah, giving each patriarch's age at the birth of his son and his total years lived. Enoch stands out among them: rather than the repeated formula "and he died," verse 24 says he "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." The list follows directly from the family notes that close Genesis 4.
This `is' an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.
And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth `a son' in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.
And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.
And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.
And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.
And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.
And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.
And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.
And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.
And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.
And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.
And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.
And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.
And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.
And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.
And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.
And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.
And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,
and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This `one' doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'
And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.