The Descendants of Adam
(1 Chronicles 1.1-4)1 This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself. 2 He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”) 3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. 4 After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children 5 and died at the age of 930.
6 When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh, 7 and then lived another 807 years. He had other children 8 and died at the age of 912.
9 When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan, 10 and then lived another 815 years. He had other children 11 and died at the age of 905.
12 When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel, 13 and then lived another 840 years. He had other children 14 and died at the age of 910.
15 When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared, 16 and then lived another 830 years. He had other children 17 and died at the age of 895.
18 When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch, 19 and then lived another 800 years. He had other children 20 and died at the age of 962.
21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah. 22 After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children. 23 He lived to be 365 years old. 24 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
25 When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech, 26 and then lived another 782 years. He had other children 27 and died at the age of 969.
28 When Lamech was 182, he had a son 29 and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah. 30 Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children 31 and died at the age of 777.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him, 2 Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created. 3 Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth. 4 And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters. 5 So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died. 6 And Sheth liued an hundreth and fiue yeeres, and begate Enosh. 7 And Sheth liued, after he begate Enosh, eight hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 8 So all the dayes of Sheth were nine hundreth and twelue yeeres: and he died. 9 Also Enosh liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Kenan. 10 And Enosh liued, after he begate Kenan, eight hundreth and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 11 So all the dayes of Enosh were nine hundreth and fiue yeeres: and he died 12 Likewise Kenan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel. 13 And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 14 So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died. 15 Mahalaleel also liued sixtie and fiue yeres, and begate Iered. 16 Also Mahalaleel liued, after he begate Iered, eight hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 17 So all the dayes of Mahalaleel were eight hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres: and he died. 18 And Iered liued an hundreth sixtie and two yeeres, and begate Henoch. 19 Then Iered liued, after he begate Henoch, eight hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 20 So all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeeres: and he died. 21 Also Henoch liued sixtie and fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah. 22 And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 23 So all the dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeeres. 24 And Henoch walked with God, and he was no more seene: for God tooke him away. 25 Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech. 26 And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 27 So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died. 28 Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne, 29 And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 31 So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died. 32 And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde. And Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.