The Bible
Genesis Chapter 5
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created mankind, God made them in his likeness. 2He created them male and female, and blessed them. [When] they were created-from-nothing, he called their name Adam. 3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4After he fathered Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters. 5All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
6Seth lived one hundred five years, and fathered Enosh. 7After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred seven years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 8All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
9Enosh lived ninety years, and fathered Kenan. 10After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived eight hundred fifteen years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 11All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
12Kenan lived seventy years, and fathered Mahalalel. 13After he fathered Mahalalel, Kenan lived eight hundred forty years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters 14and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
15Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and fathered Jared. 16After he fathered Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred thirty years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 17All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
18Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and fathered Enoch. 19After he fathered Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 20All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
21Enoch lived sixty-five years, and fathered Methuselah. 22After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 23All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
25Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and fathered Lamech. 26After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred eighty-two years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 27All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and fathered a son, 29and he named him Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed." 30After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived five hundred ninety-five years, and fathered [other] sons and daughters. 31All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The Bible text is an adaptation of the WEB
to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicate words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
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