Os descendentes de Adão

1 Este é o relato dos descendentes de Adão. Quando Deus criou os seres humanos, formou-os semelhantes a ele. 2 Criou-os homem e mulher; quando foram criados, Deus os abençoou e os chamou de "humanidade".

3 Aos 130 anos, Adão teve um filho chamado Sete, que era semelhante a ele, à sua imagem. 4 Depois do nascimento de Sete, Adão viveu mais 800 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 5 Adão viveu 930 anos e morreu.

6 Aos 105 anos, Sete gerou Enos. 7 Depois do nascimento de Enos, Sete viveu mais 807 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 8 Sete viveu 912 anos e morreu.

9 Aos 90 anos, Enos gerou Cainã. 10 Depois do nascimento de Cainã, Enos viveu mais 815 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 11 Enos viveu 905 anos e morreu.

12 Aos 70 anos, Cainã gerou Maalaleel. 13 Depois do nascimento de Maalaleel, Cainã viveu mais 840 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 14 Cainã viveu 910 anos e morreu.

15 Aos 65 anos, Maalaleel gerou Jarede. 16 Depois do nascimento de Jarede, Maalaleel viveu mais 830 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 17 Maalaleel viveu 895 anos e morreu.

18 Aos 162 anos, Jarede gerou Enoque. 19 Depois do nascimento de Enoque, Jarede viveu mais 800 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 20 Jarede viveu 962 anos e morreu.

21 Aos 65 anos, Enoque gerou Matusalém. 22 Depois do nascimento de Matusalém, Enoque viveu em comunhão com Deus por mais 300 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 23 Enoque viveu 365 anos, 24 andando em comunhão com Deus até que, um dia, desapareceu, porque Deus o levou para junto de si.

25 Aos 187 anos, Matusalém gerou Lameque. 26 Depois do nascimento de Lameque, Matusalém viveu mais 782 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 27 Matusalém viveu 969 anos e morreu.

28 Aos 182 anos, Lameque gerou um filho. 29 Chamou-o de Noé, pois disse: "Que ele nos traga alívio de nossas tarefas e do trabalho doloroso de cultivar esta terra que o Senhor amaldiçoou". 30 Depois do nascimento de Noé, Lameque viveu mais 595 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas. 31 Lameque viveu 777 anos e morreu.

32 Depois que completou 500 anos, Noé gerou três filhos: Sem, Cam e Jafé.

Corrupção da raça humana

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God he made him,

2 male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.

3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his own likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth.

4 And the days of Adam were eight hundred years after he begot Seth. And he begot sons and daughters.

5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

7 And Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he begot Enosh, and begot sons and daughters.

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

10 And Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he begot Kenan, and begot sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.

13 And Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he begot Mahalalel, and begot sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15 And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

16 And Mahalalel Jared eight hundred and thirty years lived after he begot, and begot sons and daughters.

17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.

19 And Jared lived eight hundred years after he begot Enoch, and begot sons and daughters.

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died.

21 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.

24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived seven hundred eighty-two years after he begot Lamech, and begot sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.

28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty-two years, and begot a son.

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which LORD has cursed.

30 And Lamech lived five hundred ninety-five years after he begot Noah, and begot sons and daughters.

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old. And Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.