1This is the record of Adam’s descendants. When God created humans, he made them to be like God.
2He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam.”
3Adam was 130 years old when he became the father of a son who was like him, made in his image. He named him Seth.
4After Seth was born, Adam lived for 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6Seth was 105 years old when he became the father of Enosh.
7After Enosh was born, Seth lived for 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9Enosh was 90 years old when he became the father of Kenan.
10After Kenan was born, Enosh lived for 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12Kenan was 70 years old when he became the father of Mahalalel.
13After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived for 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15Mahalalel was 65 years old when his son Jared was born.
16After that, Mahalalel lived another 830 years and had other sons and daughters. So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
17This means Mahalalel lived for 895 years in total, and then he died.
18Jared was 162 years old when his son Enoch was born.
19After that, Jared lived another 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20Jared lived for a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21Enoch was 65 years old when his son Methuselah was born.
22After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23Enoch lived for a total of 365 years.
24Enoch lived in close fellowship with God, and then he was no longer here, because God took him away.
25Methuselah was 187 years old when his son Lamech was born.
26After that, Methuselah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27Methuselah lived for a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28Lamech was 182 years old when his son was born.
29Lamech named him Noah, saying, "This child will comfort us from our work and the difficult labor of our hands, which comes from the ground that Yahweh has cursed."
30After that, Lamech lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31Lamech lived for a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.