Genesis 5— NLT

¹This is the history of the descendants of Adam. When God created people, he made them in the likeness of God.

²He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."

³When Adam was 130 years old, his son Seth was born, and Seth was the very image of his father.

⁴After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

⁵He died at the age of 930.

⁶When Seth was 105 years old, his son Enosh was born.

⁷After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

⁸He died at the age of 912.

⁹When Enosh was 90 years old, his son Kenan was born.

¹⁰After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹¹He died at the age of 905.

¹²When Kenan was 70 years old, his son Mahalalel was born.

¹³After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived another 840 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴He died at the age of 910.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was 65 years old, his son Jared was born.

¹⁶After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷He died at the age of 895.

¹⁸When Jared was 162 years old, his son Enoch was born.

¹⁹After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁰He died at the age of 962.

²¹When Enoch was 65 years old, his son Methuselah was born.

²²After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived another 300 years in close fellowship with God, and he had other sons and daughters.

²³Enoch lived 365 years in all.

²⁴He enjoyed a close relationship with God throughout his life. Then suddenly, he disappeared because God took him.

²⁵When Methuselah was 187 years old, his son Lamech was born.

²⁶After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁷He died at the age of 969.

²⁸When Lamech was 182 years old, his son Noah was born.

²⁹Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "He will bring us relief from the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed."

³⁰After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

³¹He died at the age of 777.

³²By the time Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.