(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)
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This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God’s creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;
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a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.
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And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[ or two hundred and thirty years ]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
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And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years [[ or seven hundred years ]], and he begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dies.
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And Seth lives one hundred and five years [[ or two hundred and five years ]], and begets Enos.
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And Seth lives after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years [[ or seven hundred and seven years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dies.
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And Enos lives ninety years [[ or one hundred and ninety years ]], and begets Cainan.
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And Enos lives after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years [[ or seven hundred and fifteen years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dies.
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And Cainan lives seventy years [[ or one hundred and seventy years ]], and begets Mahalaleel.
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And Cainan lives after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years [[ or seven hundred and forty years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dies.
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And Mahalaleel lives sixty-five years [[ or one hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets Jared.
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And Mahalaleel lives after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years [[ or seven hundred and thirty years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he dies.
God Takes Up Enoch
(Hebrews 11:5)
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And Jared lives one hundred and sixty-two years, and begets Enoch.
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And Jared lives after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he dies.
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And Enoch lives sixty-five years [[ or one hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets Methuselah.
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And Enoch habitually walks with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years [[ or two hundred years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty-five years.
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And Enoch habitually walks with God, and he is not, for God has taken him.
From Methuselah to Noah
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And Methuselah lives one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begets Lamech.
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And Methuselah lives after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he dies.
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And Lamech lives one hundred and eighty-two years [[ or one hundred and eighty-eight years ]], and begets a son,
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and calls his name Noah, saying, “This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed.”
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And Lamech lives after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety-five years [[ or five hundred and sixty-five years ]], and begets sons and daughters.
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And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy-seven years [[ or seven hundred and fifty-three years ]], and he dies.
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And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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