The Bible

Genesis 5:1

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #523

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523. Verse 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years; and he beget Lamech.

'Methuselah' means an eighth Church, and 'Lamech' a ninth.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.