Genesis 5
Dated 3873–2347 BC traditional (Jones)
In this chapter
Tagged in this chapter, with the number of its verses that name each.
People
Divine
- God4 verses
Events
- Lifetime of Adam3 verses
- Birth of Seth1 verse
- Lifetime of Seth3 verses
- Birth of Enos1 verse
- Lifetime of Enos3 verses
- Birth of Cainan1 verse
- Lifetime of Cainan3 verses
- Birth of Mahlaleel1 verse
- Lifetime of Mahlaleel3 verses
- Birth of Jared1 verse
- Lifetime of Jared3 verses
- Birth of Enoch1 verse
- Lifetime of Enoch4 verses
- Birth of Methuselah1 verse
- Lifetime of Methuselah3 verses
- Birth of Lamech1 verse
- Lifetime of Lamech4 verses
- Death of Adam1 verse
- Enoch taken up1 verse
- Death of Seth1 verse
- Birth of Noah2 verses
- Lifetime of Noah1 verse
- Death of Enos1 verse
- Death of Cainan1 verse
- Death of Mahlaleel1 verse
- Death of Jared1 verse
- Birth of Shem1 verse
- Death of Lamech1 verse
- Death of Methuselah1 verse
Alive at this point
People whose recorded lifetimes span the middle of this chapter’s dated verses, though the chapter need not name them. Years are traditional (Jones).
- Adam4003–3073 BC
- Seth3873–2961 BC
- Enos3768–2863 BC
- Cainan3678–2768 BC
- Mahalaleel3608–2713 BC
- Jared3543–2581 BC
- Enoch3381–3016 BC
- Methuselah3316–2347 BC
The text
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Read Genesis 532 verses
- 1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- 2
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
- 3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
- 4
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 5
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
- 6
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- 7
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 8
So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
- 9
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
- 10
And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 11
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
- 12
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- 13
And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 14
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
- 15
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
- 16
And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 17
So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
- 18
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- 19
And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 20
So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
- 21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- 22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 23
So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
- 24
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
- 25
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- 26
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
- 28
When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
- 29
And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
- 30
And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 31
So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
- 32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.