0 SAB Genesis 5

Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 16:6

Trivia: Who was cursed with slavery because his father saw his grandfather drunk and naked?

Genesis

CHAPTER 5

Adam's family
5:1-5

1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Get ready for some exciting reading. "The book of the generations of Adam" is about to start!

2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

God created a man and a woman, and he "called their name Adam." So the woman's name was Adam too!

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

When Adam was 130 years old he had a son that looked a lot like him. He called him Seth. [1]

4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

Sometime in the next 800 years, Adam begat some daughters. [2]

5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Adam finally dies -- 930 years after eating from the tree of knowledge, contrary to God's false prophecy that Adam would die the day that he ate the forbidden fruit (2:17).
From Seth to Noah
5:6-32

6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

It took Seth 105 years to produce his first son. [3]

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Seth lived 912 years.
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Enos lived 905 years.
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Cainan lived 910 years.

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Mahalaleel lived 895 years.

18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Jared ... begat Enoch. [4]

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Jared lived 962 years.

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken (alive?) by God. [5]

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

When Methuseslah was 187 years old, he begat Lamech. [6]

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Methuselah lived 969 years. (World record holder.)

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Lamech lived 777 years.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

When Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. [7]

VegetableEMPEROR10 months ago

All these sons and daughters were "begat," yet no mention of any mothers. God makes a fuss early on because he thinks Adam should have a "help meet" or a companion, but when the first genealogy comes forth, he forgets to credit any mothers for all that reproduction going on.

ConnorE1 year ago

This is the first genealogy in the Bible. I don't really have that much to say about this, because it's boring as sin, but apparently, people back then lived really long lives.

Oh, and this is where Noah and his family are introduced. They seem interesting, I wonder what kind of stuff they'll get themselves into?

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