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5:1  This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].
5:2  He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them Mankind at the time they were created.
5:3  When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
5:4  After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.
5:5  So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.
5:6  When Seth was a hundred and five years old, he became the father of Enosh.
5:7  Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
5:8  So Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
5:9  When Enosh was ninety years old, he became the father of Kenan.
5:10  Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan and had other sons and daughters.
5:11  So Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and he died.
5:12  When Kenan was seventy years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
5:13  Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel and had other sons and daughters.
5:14  So Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
5:15  When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Jared.
5:16  Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after the birth of Jared and had other sons and daughters.
5:17  So Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
5:18  When Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old, he became the father of Enoch.
5:19  Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.
5:20  So Jared lived nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
5:21  When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
5:22  Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.
5:23  So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
5:24  And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].
5:25  When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old, he became the father of Lamech.
5:26  Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.
5:27  So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
5:28  When Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old, he became the father of a son.
5:29  He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord cursed.”
5:30  Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters.
5:31  So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
5:32  After Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.