1-2. God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
3-4. When Adam was one hundred and thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
5. and died at the age of nine hundred and thirty.
6. When Seth was one hundred and five, he had a son named Enosh.
7. Seth had more children
8. and died at the age of nine hundred and twelve.
9. When Enosh was ninety, he had a son named Kenan.
10. Enosh had more children
11. and died at the age of nine hundred and five.
12. When Kenan was seventy, he had a son named Mahalalel.
13. Kenan had more children
14. and died at the age of nine hundred and ten.
15. When Mahalalel was sixty-five, he had a son named Jared.
16. Mahalalel had more children
17. and died at the age of eight hundred and ninety-five.
18. When Jared was one hundred and sixty-two, he had a son named Enoch.
19. Jared had more children
20. and died at the age of nine hundred and sixty-two.
21. When Enoch was sixty-five, he had a son named Methuselah,
22. and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
23-24. and God took him away at the age of three hundred and sixty-five.
25. When Methuselah was one hundred and eighty-seven, he had a son named Lamech.
26. Methuselah had more children
27. and died at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine.
28. When Lamech was one hundred and eighty-two, he had a son.
29. Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse.”
30. Lamech had more children
31. and died at the age of seven hundred and seventy-seven.
32. After Noah was five hundred years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.