This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

When Seth was a hundred and five years old, he became the father of Enosh.

And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].

So Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan and had other sons and daughters.

When Enosh was ninety years old, he became the father of Kenan.

So Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and he died.

He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them Mankind at the time they were created.

When Kenan was seventy years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel and had other sons and daughters.

So Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

When Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old, he became the father of Enoch.

So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after the birth of Jared and had other sons and daughters.

When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Jared.

So Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old, he became the father of Lamech.

He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord cursed.”

So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

When Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old, he became the father of a son.

So Jared lived nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.

Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.

Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters.

When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

After Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.