Genesis 5— MSG

¹This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God.

²He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.

³When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was just like him, his very spirit and image, and named him Seth.

⁴After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters.

⁵Adam lived a total of 930 years. And he died.

⁶When Seth was 105 years old, he had Enosh.

⁷After Seth had Enosh, he lived another 807 years, having more sons and daughters.

⁸Seth lived a total of 912 years. And he died.

⁹When Enosh was ninety years old, he had Kenan.

¹⁰After he had Kenan, he lived another 815 years, having more sons and daughters.

¹¹Enosh lived a total of 905 years. And he died.

¹²When Kenan was seventy years old, he had Mahalalel.

¹³After he had Mahalalel, he lived another 840 years, having more sons and daughters.

¹⁴Kenan lived a total of 910 years. And he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, he had Jared.

¹⁶After he had Jared, he lived another 830 years, having more sons and daughters.

¹⁷Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years. And he died.

¹⁸When Jared was 162 years old, he had Enoch.

¹⁹After he had Enoch, he lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters.

²⁰Jared lived a total of 962 years. And he died.

²¹When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he had Methuselah.

²²Enoch walked steadily with God. After he had Methuselah, he lived another 300 years, having more sons and daughters.

²³Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

²⁴Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.

²⁵When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had Lamech.

²⁶After he had Lamech, he lived another 782 years.

²⁷Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. And he died.

²⁸When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

²⁹He named him Noah, saying, "This one will give us a break from the hard work of farming the ground that God cursed."

³⁰After Lamech had Noah, he lived another 595 years, having more sons and daughters.

³¹Lamech lived a total of 777 years. And he died.

³²When Noah was 500 years old, he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.