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This is the book of the generations of Adam . In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God ;
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Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.
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Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image , and gave him the name of Seth :
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And after the birth of Seth , Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Adam 's life were nine hundred and thirty : and he came to his end.
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And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:
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And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Seth 's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.
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And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan :
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And after the birth of Kenan , Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five : and he came to his end.
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And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel :
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And after the birth of Mahalalel , Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Kenan 's life were nine hundred and ten ; and he came to his end.
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And Mahalalel was sixty -five years old when he became the father of Jared :
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And after the birth of Jared , Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five : and he came to his end.
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And Jared was a hundred and sixty -two years old when he became the father of Enoch :
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And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty -two : and he came to his end.
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And Enoch was sixty -five years old when he became the father of Methuselah :
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And after the birth of Methuselah , Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty -five :
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And Enoch went on in God's ways : and he was not seen again, for God took him.
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And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty -seven years old when he became the father of Lamech :
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And after the birth of Lamech , Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty -two years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty -nine : and he came to his end.
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And Lamech was a hundred and eighty -two years old when he had a son :
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And he gave him the name of Noah , saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands , because of the earth which was cursed by God.
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And after the birth of Noah , Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters :
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And all the years of Lamech 's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven : and he came to his end.
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And when Noah was five hundred years old , he became the father of Shem , Ham , and Japheth .