¶ This is the book¹ of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness² of God made he him;

Male³ and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their⁴ name Adam, in the day when they were created.

And Adam lived an hundred⁵ and thirty years, and begat a son in his⁶ own likeness, after his image; and called⁷ his name Seth:

And the⁸ days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he⁹ begat sons and daughters:

And all the days that Adam lived were nine¹⁰ hundred and thirty years: and he died¹¹.

¶ And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat¹² Enos:

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

And all the days of Seth¹³ were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan¹⁴:

¶ And Enos lived after he begat¹⁵ Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died¹⁶.

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel¹⁷:

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat¹⁸ sons and daughters:

And all the days of Cainan¹⁹ were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared²⁰:

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat²¹ sons and daughters:

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died²².

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch²³:

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat²⁴ sons and daughters:

¶ And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died²⁵.

¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah²⁶:

²⁷And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Enoch²⁸ were three hundred sixty and five years:

And Enoch walked²⁹ with God: and he was not;³⁰ for³¹ God took him.

¶ And Methuselah lived³² an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons³³ and daughters:

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died³⁴.

¶ And Lamech lived³⁵ an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

And he called³⁶ his name Noah³⁷, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

¶ And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons³⁸ and daughters:

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died³⁹.

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem⁴⁰, Ham, and Japheth.