Chapter 5

  This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;  

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  a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.  

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  And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.  

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  And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.  

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  And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.  

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  And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.  

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  And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.  

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  And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.  

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  And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.  

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  And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.  

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  And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.  

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  And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.  

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  And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.  

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  And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.  

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  And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.  

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  And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.  

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  And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.  

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  And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.  

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  And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.  

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  And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,  

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  and calleth his name Noah, saying, 'This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'  

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  And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.  

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  And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.  

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  And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  

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