THE
BOOK OF GENESIS
Genesis Chapter
five
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¶ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the
day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;
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Male and female he created them; and blessed them, and called them human, on
the day when they were created.
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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and fathered a son in his
own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
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And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he
died.
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¶ And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
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And Seth lived after he fathered Enos eight hundred
and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
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And Enos lived after he begat Cainan
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five
years: and he died.
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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel
eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten
years: and he died.
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And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat
Jared:
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And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and
ninety-five years: and he died.
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And Jared lived an hundred and sixty-two years, and he begat Enoch:
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And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
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And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years: and he died.
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¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
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And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
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¶ And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech:
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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven
hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years: and he
died.
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¶ And Lamech lived one hundred eighty and two years,
and begat a son:
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And he called his name Noah, saying, This one
will bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands,
because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.
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And after he begat Noah Lamech lived five hundred and
ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and
seventy-seven years: and he died.
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.