1God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
2(5:1)
3When Adam was one hundred thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
4(5:3)
5and died at the age of nine hundred thirty.
6When Seth was one hundred five, he had a son named Enosh.
7Seth had more children
8and died at the age of nine hundred twelve.
9When Enosh was ninety, he had a son named Kenan.
10Enosh had more children
11and died at the age of nine hundred five.
12When Kenan was seventy, he had a son named Mahalalel.
13Kenan had more children
14and died at the age of nine hundred ten.
15When Mahalalel was sixty-five, he had a son named Jared.
16Mahalalel had more children
17and died at the age of eight hundred ninety-five.
18When Jared was one hundred sixty-two, he had a son named Enoch.
19Jared had more children
20and died at the age of nine hundred sixty-two.
21When Enoch was sixty-five, he had a son named Methuselah,
22and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
23and God took him away at the age of three hundred sixty-five.
24(5:23)
25When Methuselah was one hundred eighty-seven, he had a son named Lamech.
26Methuselah had more children
27and died at the age of nine hundred sixty-nine.
28When Lamech was one hundred eighty-two, he had a son.
29Lamech said, "I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the LORD has put under a curse."
30Lamech had more children
31and died at the age of seven hundred seventy-seven.
32After Noah was five hundred years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.