¹ 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;

² 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.

³ And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

⁴ And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

⁵ And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

⁶ And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

⁷ And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

⁸ And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

⁹ And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

¹⁰ And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹¹ And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

¹² And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.

¹³ And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹⁴ And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

¹⁵ And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

¹⁶ And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

¹⁸ And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

¹⁹ And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²⁰ And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.

²¹ And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.

²² And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²³ And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.

²⁴ And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.

²⁵ And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

²⁶ And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

²⁷ And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

²⁸ And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,

²⁹ 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.'

³⁰ And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

³¹ And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

³² And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹ Moreover the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

² Thus says Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it; Yahweh is his name:

³ Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.

⁴ For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down [to make a defense] against the mounds and against the sword;

⁵ while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city:

⁶ Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.

⁷ I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

⁸ I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against me.

⁹ [This city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.

¹⁰ Thus says Yahweh: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, about which you say, It is waste, without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,

¹¹ the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.

¹² Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

¹³ In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh.

¹⁴ Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

¹⁷ For thus says Yahweh: David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

¹⁸ neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

¹⁹ The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁰ Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

²¹ then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

²² As the army of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.

²³ The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁴ Don't consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

²⁵ Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

²⁶ then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.