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5:1  God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
5:2  God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:
5:3  When Adam was 130, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
5:4  When Adam was 130, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children
5:5  and died at the age of 930.
5:6  When Seth was 105, he had a son named Enosh.
5:7  Seth had more children
5:8  and died at the age of 912.
5:9  When Enosh was 90, he had a son named Kenan.
5:10  Enosh had more children
5:11  and died at the age of 905.
5:12  When Kenan was 70, he had a son named Mahalalel.
5:13  Kenan had more children
5:14  and died at the age of 910.
5:15  When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son named Jared.
5:16  Mahalalel had more children
5:17  and died at the age of 895.
5:18  When Jared was 162, he had a son named Enoch.
5:19  Jared had more children
5:20  and died at the age of 962.
5:21  When Enoch was 65, he had a son named Methuselah,
5:22  and during the next 300 years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
5:23  and God took him away at the age of 365.
5:24  and God took him away at the age of 365.
5:25  When Methuselah was 187, he had a son named Lamech.
5:26  Methuselah had more children
5:27  and died at the age of 969.
5:28  When Lamech was one 182, he had a son.
5:29  Lamech 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.”
5:30  Lamech had more children
5:31  and died at the age of 777.
5:32  After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.