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¹This is the Book of Records^‡ of the Human. In the day of God’s creating a human, He made it in the likeness of God. ²He created them male and female, and He blessed them and called their name “Human” in the day of their being created. ³And the human lived a hundred thirty years, and he fathered in his likeness—like his image—and called his name Seth. ⁴And the human’s days after his fathering Seth were eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ⁵And all of the human’s days that he lived were nine hundred years and thirty years. And he died.

⁶And Seth lived five years and a hundred years, and he fathered Enosh.^{‡‡ 7}And Seth lived after his fathering Enosh seven years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ⁸And all of Seth’s days were twelve years and nine hundred years. And he died.

⁹And Enosh lived ninety years, and he fathered Cainan. ¹⁰And Enosh lived after his fathering Cainan fifteen years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ¹¹And all of Enosh’s days were five years and nine hundred years. And he died.

¹²And Cainan lived seventy years, and he fathered Mahalalel. ¹³And Cainan lived after his fathering Mahalalel forty years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ¹⁴And all of Cainan’s days were ten years and nine hundred years. And he died.

¹⁵And Mahalalel lived five years and sixty years, and he fathered Jared. ^l6And Mahalalel lived after his fathering Jared thirty years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ¹⁷And all of Mahalalel’s days were ninety-five years and eight hundred years. And he died.

¹⁸And Jared lived sixty-two years and a hundred years, and he fathered Enoch. ¹⁹And Jared lived after his fathering Enoch eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ²⁰And all of Jared’s days were sixty-two years and nine hundred years. And he died.

²¹And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and he fathered Methuselah. ²²And Enoch walked with God after his fathering Methuselah three hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ²³And all of Enoch’s days were sixty-five years and three hundred years. ²⁴And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, because God took him.

²⁵And Methuselah lived eighty-seven years and a hundred years, and he fathered Lamech. ²⁶And Methuselah lived after his fathering Lamech eighty-two years and seven hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ²⁷And all of Methuselah’s days were sixty-nine years and nine hundred years. And he died.

²⁸And Lamech lived eighty-two years and a hundred years, and he fathered a son ²⁹and called his name Noah, saying, “This one will console us from our labor and from our hands’ suffering from the ground, which YHWH has cursed.”^{* 30}And Lamech lived after his fathering Noah ninety-five years and five hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. ³¹And all of Lamech’s days were seventy-seven years and seven hundred years. And he died.

³²And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Yaphet.