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Genesis 5 Free Bible Version

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1 This is the record of Adam's descendants. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him.
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
2 He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day he created them he called them “human.”
2 He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
3◆ When Adam was 130, he had a son who was like him, made in his image; and he named him Seth.
3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
4◆ Adam lived another 800 years after Seth was born, and had other sons and daughters.
4 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
5◆ Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
5 All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
6◆ When Seth was 105, he had Enosh.
6 Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh.
7◆ Seth lived another 807 years after Enosh was born, and had other sons and daughters.
7 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
8◆ Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
8 All of the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
9◆ When Enosh was 90, he had Kenan.
9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
10◆ Enosh lived another 815 years after Kenan was born, and had other sons and daughters.
10 Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
11◆ Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
11 All of the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
12◆ When Kenan was 70, he had Mehalalel.
12 Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
13◆ Kenan lived another 840 years after Mehalalel was born, and had other sons and daughters.
13 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters
14◆ Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
14 and all of the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
15◆ When Mahalalel was 65, he had Jared.
15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Jared.
16◆ After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived another 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
17◆ Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
17 All of the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
18◆ When Jared was 162, he had Enoch.
18 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.
19◆ After Enoch was born, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
19 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20◆ Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
20 All of the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
21◆ When Enoch was 65, he had Methuselah.
21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
22◆ He had a close relationship with God. After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived another 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
23◆ Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
24◆ Enoch had such a close relationship with God that he didn't die, he just wasn't there anymore, because God took him.
24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
25◆ When Methuselah was 187, he had Lamech.
25 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
26◆ After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
27◆ Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
27 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
28◆ When Lamech was 182, he had a son.
28 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
29◆ He named him Noah, with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.”
29 He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”
30◆ After Noah was born, Lamech lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
30 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31◆ Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32◆ Noah was 500 before he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
32 Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Adam

    The first man

    Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5

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  • Enoch

    Walked with God

    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

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  • Enosh

    Son of Seth

    In his days people first began to call on the name of the LORD.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:26; 5:6–11

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  • Jared

    Father of Enoch

    Father of Enoch, who lived nine hundred sixty-two years.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:15–20

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  • Kenan

    Son of Enosh

    A quiet link in the long line from Seth toward Noah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:9–14

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  • Lamech

    Father of Noah

    He named his son Noah, hoping for rest from the toil of cursed ground.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:25–31

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  • Mahalalel

    Son of Kenan

    His name means 'praise of God,' one link in the primeval line.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:12–17

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  • Methuselah

    The longest-lived man

    The oldest man recorded in Scripture, living nine hundred sixty-nine years.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–27

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  • Noah

    The ark builder

    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

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  • Seth

    The appointed son

    The son granted in Abel's place, through whom the godly line continued.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:25–5:8

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Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10; Genesis 1:26–27; Hebrews 1:3; 1 Corinthians 11:7
  2. 2 Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Genesis 2:23; Malachi 2:15; Genesis 1:27
  3. 3 Genesis 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:39; John 3:6; Job 25:4; Ephesians 2:3
  4. 4 1 Chronicles 1:1–3; Luke 3:36–38; Genesis 5:10; Genesis 5:7; Genesis 5:19
  5. 5 Genesis 5:11; Genesis 5:8; Genesis 3:19; 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
  6. 6 Genesis 4:26
  7. 9 Luke 3:37; 1 Chronicles 1:2
  8. 12 Luke 3:37
  9. 15 1 Chronicles 1:2
  10. 18 Jude 14–15; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Genesis 4:17; Luke 3:37
  11. 21 Luke 3:37
  12. 22 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Genesis 17:1; Malachi 2:6; Genesis 6:9; Luke 1:6
  13. 24 Hebrews 11:5–6; 1 John 1:7; Genesis 5:22; Luke 23:43; 2 Kings 2:11
  14. 25 Genesis 4:18
  15. 29 Matthew 24:37; 2 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 11:7; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 14:14
  16. 32 Genesis 6:10; Genesis 10:21; Genesis 7:13; 1 Chronicles 1:4–28; Genesis 10:32

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 5:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 15–16)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 5:3 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Fourth Theological Oration, Which is the Second Concerning the Son)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 5:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 15–16)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 5:2 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 17–19)

    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)