¹This is the book of the genealogy of Adam, on the day God created Adam. In the likeness of God he made him. ²Male and female he created them, and he blessed them, and he called them Adam on the day of their being created. ³And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and he begot a son in his likeness, as an image of himself, and he called him Seth. ⁴Then the days of Adam after begetting Seth were eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. ⁵So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. ⁶And Seth lived one hundred and five years and begot Enos. ⁷Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after begetting Enos, and he begot sons and daughters. ⁸So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. ⁹And Enos lived ninety years and begot Cainan. ¹⁰Then Enos lived eight hundred and fifteen years after begetting Cainan, and he begot sons and daughters. ¹¹So all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. ¹²And Cainan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel. ¹³Then Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years after begetting Mahalalel, and he begot sons and daughters. ¹⁴So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. ¹⁵And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and begot Jared. ¹⁶Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after begetting Jared, and he begot sons and daughters. ¹⁷So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. ¹⁸And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and begot Enoch. ¹⁹Then Jared lived eight hundred years after begetting Enoch, and he begot sons and daughters. ²⁰So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. ²¹And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begot Methuselah. ²²Now Enoch walked with God for three hundred years after begetting Methuselah, and he begot sons and daughters. ²³So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. ²⁴And Enoch walked with God, and he disappeared, for God had taken him. ²⁵And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and begot Lamech. ²⁶Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after begetting Lamech, and he begot sons and daughters. ²⁷So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. ²⁸And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and he begot a son. ²⁹And he called him Noah and said, “This son will give us relief from our labour and from the toil of our hands – from the ground which the Lord cursed.” ³⁰Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after begetting Noah, and he begot sons and daughters. ³¹So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. ³²And Noah was five hundred years old when Noah begot Shem, Ham and Japheth.