1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; 2 male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3◆ And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. 4◆ And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 5◆ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. 6◆ And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. 7◆ And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. 8◆ And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. 9◆ And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. 10◆ And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters. 11◆ And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died. 12◆ And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. 13◆ And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. 14◆ And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died. 15◆ And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared. 16◆ And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. 17◆ And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died. 18◆ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch. 19◆ And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 20◆ And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died. 21◆ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. 22◆ And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 23◆ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years. 24◆ And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him. 25◆ And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech. 26◆ And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters. 27◆ And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. 28◆ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son. 29◆ And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.' 30◆ And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters. 31◆ And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died. 32◆ And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 5 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
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 (16)
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
- 32 Genesis 6:10; Genesis 10:21; Genesis 7:13; 1 Chronicles 1:4–28; Genesis 10:32
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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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“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).
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)