1 This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God. 2 He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3◆ Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth. 4◆ And after he conceived Seth, the days of Adam that passed were eight hundred years. And he conceived sons and daughters. 5◆ And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died. 6◆ Seth likewise lived for one hundred and five years, and then he conceived Enos. 7◆ And after he conceived Enos, Seth lived for eight hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 8◆ And all the days of Seth that passed were nine hundred and twelve years, and then he died. 9◆ In truth, Enos lived ninety years, and then he conceived Cainan. 10◆ After his birth, he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 11◆ And all the days of Enos that passed were nine hundred and five years, and then he died. 12◆ Likewise, Cainan lived seventy years, and then he conceived Mahalalel. 13◆ And after he conceived Mahalalel, Cainan lived for eight hundred and forty years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 14◆ And all the days of Cainan that passed were nine hundred and ten years, and then he died. 15◆ And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and then he conceived Jared. 16◆ And after he conceived Jared, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 17◆ And all the days of Mahalalel that passed were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and then he died. 18◆ And Jared lived for one hundred and sixty-two years, and then he conceived Enoch. 19◆ And after he conceived Enoch, Jared lived for eight hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 20◆ And all the days of Jared that passed were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and then he died. 21◆ Now Enoch lived for sixty-five years, and then he conceived Methuselah. 22◆ And Enoch walked with God. And after he conceived Methuselah, he lived for three hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 23◆ And all the days of Enoch that passed were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24◆ And he walked with God, and then he was seen no more, because God took him. 25◆ Likewise, Methuselah lived for one hundred and eighty-seven years, and then he conceived Lamech. 26◆ And after he conceived Lamech, Methuselah lived for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 27◆ And all the days of Methuselah that passed were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died. 28◆ Then Lamech lived for one hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived a son. 29◆ And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will console us from the works and hardships of our hands, in the land that the Lord has cursed.” 30◆ And after he conceived Noah, Lamech lived for five hundred and ninety-five years, and he conceived sons and daughters. 31◆ And all the days of Lamech that passed were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died. In truth, when Noah was five hundred years old, he conceived Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Adam
Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5
Enoch
He walked with God, and was not, for God took him — he did not die.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5
Enosh
In his days people first began to call on the name of the LORD.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:26; 5:6–11
Jared
Father of Enoch, who lived nine hundred sixty-two years.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:15–20
Kenan
A quiet link in the long line from Seth toward Noah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:9–14
Lamech
He named his son Noah, hoping for rest from the toil of cursed ground.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:25–31
Mahalalel
His name means 'praise of God,' one link in the primeval line.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:12–17
Methuselah
The oldest man recorded in Scripture, living nine hundred sixty-nine years.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–27
Noah
A righteous man who found favor with God and rode out the flood in an ark.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:28–9:29
Seth
The son granted in Abel's place, through whom the godly line continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:25–5:8
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10; Genesis 1:26–27; Hebrews 1:3; 1 Corinthians 11:7
- 2 Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Genesis 2:23; Malachi 2:15; Genesis 1:27
- 3 Genesis 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:39; John 3:6; Job 25:4; Ephesians 2:3
- 4 1 Chronicles 1:1–3; Luke 3:36–38; Genesis 5:10; Genesis 5:7; Genesis 5:19
- 5 Genesis 5:11; Genesis 5:8; Genesis 3:19; 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
- 6 Genesis 4:26
- 9 Luke 3:37; 1 Chronicles 1:2
- 12 Luke 3:37
- 15 1 Chronicles 1:2
- 18 Jude 14–15; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Genesis 4:17; Luke 3:37
- 21 Luke 3:37
- 22 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Genesis 17:1; Malachi 2:6; Genesis 6:9; Luke 1:6
- 24 Hebrews 11:5–6; 1 John 1:7; Genesis 5:22; Luke 23:43; 2 Kings 2:11
- 25 Genesis 4:18
- 29 Matthew 24:37; 2 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 11:7; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 14:14
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Genesis 5 and 11: why the patriarchs’ ages differ
In the Greek Septuagint most patriarchs in Genesis 5 and 11 become fathers about 100 years later than in the Hebrew text, and Genesis 11 adds a second Cainan, whom St Luke also names (Luke 3:36). The result is a world history over a thousand years longer. The Byzantine calendar was built on the Greek numbers. No doctrine depends on either set.
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Then because it is written, "And Seth lived 205 years," or, according to the Hebrew reading, "105 years, and begat Enos," who but a rash man could affirm that this was his first-born?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For in ordinary language an image is a motionless representation of that which has motion; but in this case it is the living reproduction of the Living One, and is more exactly like than was Seth to Adam, or any son to his father.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Will any man do so when it is written of him, "And he begat sons and daughters, and all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died?" And similarly regarding those whose years are afterwards mentioned, it is not disguised that they begat sons and daughters.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Further, Seth signifies "resurrection," and Enos his son signifies "man," not as Adam, which also signifies man, but is used in Hebrew indifferently for man and woman, as it is written, "Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam," leaving no room to doubt that though the woman was distinctively called Eve, yet the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)