Genesis 5
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The Descendants of Adam
(1 Chronicles 1:1–3)

1This is the boke of the generacion of man, in the tyme whan God created man, and made him after the symilitude of God. 2Male and female made he them, and blessed the, & called their names Man, in the tyme whan they were created.

3And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde, and begat a sonne, which was like his owne ymage, and called his name Seth: 4& lyued therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 5And his whole age was nyne hundreth and thirtie yeares, and so he dyed.

6Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde, and begat Enos: 7& lyued therafter eight hundreth and seuen yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 8And his whole age was nyene hudreth and twolue yeares, and so he dyed.

9Enos was nyentie yeare olde, and begat Renan: 10and lyued therafter eight hundreth & fyftene yeare, and begat sonnes & daughters. 11And his whole age was nyene hudreth and fyue yeares, and so he dyed.

12Renan was seuetie yeare olde, and begat Mahalaliel: 13and lyued therafter eight hundreth and fourtie yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 14And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares, and so he dyed.

15Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde & fyue, 16and begat Iared: and lyued therafter eight hundreth and thirtie yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 17And his whole age was eight hundreth, nyentie and fyue yeares, and so he dyed.

God Takes Up Enoch
(Hebrews 11:5)

18Iared was an hundreth and two & sixtie yeare olde, and begat Henoch: 19& lyued therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 20And his whole age was nyene hundreth and two and sixtie yeare, and so he dyed.

21Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde, and begat Mathusalah: 22and led a godly conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter, and begat sonnes & doughters. 23And his whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and thre score yeares. 24And for so moch as he lyued a godly life, God toke him awaye, & he was nomore sene.

From Methuselah to Noah

25Mathusalah was an uhdreth & seue and foure score yeare olde, & begat Lamech: 26and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two and foure score yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 27And his whole age was nyene hundreth and nyene and trescore yeares, and so he dyed.

28Lamech was an hundreth and two and foure score yeare olde, and begat a sonne, 29& called him Noe, and sayde: This same shall coforte vs in oure workes, and in the sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth, which the LORDE hath cursed. 30After this he lyued fyue hudreth and fyue & nyentie yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 31And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares, and so he dyed.

32Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde, and begat Sem, Ham and Iaphet.


Coverdale Bible of 1535

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