Live a Distinctly Christian Life – Genesis 5:1-6:8
5 This is the written account of Adam’s genealogy. In the day when God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. (2) He created them male and female, and blessed them, and he named them “man,” in the day when they were created. (3) After Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. (4) And Adam lived eight hundred years after the birth of Seth, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (5) Now altogether Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
(6) After Seth had lived a hundred and five years he became the father of Enosh. (7) And Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (8) Now altogether Seth live nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
(9) After Enosh had lived ninety years he became the father of Kenan. (10) And Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (11) Now altogether Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and he died.
(12) After Kenan had lived seventy years he became the father of Mahalalel. (13) And Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (14) Now altogether Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
(15) After Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years he became the father of Jared. (16) And Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after the birth of Jared, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (17) Now altogether Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety five years, and he died.
(18) After Jared had lived a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch. (19) And Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (20) Now altogether Jared lived nine hundred and sixty two years, and he died.
(21) After Enoch had lived sixty-five years he became the father of Methuselah. (22) After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (23) Now altogether Enoch lived three hundred and sixty-five years. (24) Enoch walked with God, then he was removed from the earth; for God took him away.
(25) After Methuselah had lived a hundred and eighty-seven years he became the father of Lamech. (26) And Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (27) Now altogether Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
(28) After Lamech had lived a hundred and eighty-two years, he gave birth to a son. (29) He named him Noah, saying, This one shall give us rest from the work and hard labor of our hands caused by the ground which Jehovah has cursed. (30) And Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah, and there were born to him other sons and daughters. (31) Now altogether Lamech lived seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
(32) After Noah had lived for five hundred years, he gave birth to Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6 Now when men began to increase in number upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, (2) the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; so they took any of them whom they chose and made them their wives. (3) Then Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not contend with man forever, for man is mortal; man’s days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
(4) The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God came to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, the men of renown. (5) And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every conception of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And Jehovah felt remorse that he had made man on the earth, and it brought grief to his heart. (7) And Jehovah said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the ground; both man and beast, as well as creeping things, and the birds of the heavens; for I regret that I have made them. (8) But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
Now proceed to the next section of this study, entitled, Exploring the Passage.
