Genesis 5:21-32 ▼

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

22 After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch communed with God for 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

23 Enoch lived a total of 365 years,

24 communing with God—and then he was there no longer, because God had taken him.

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

26 After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son,

29 whom he named Noah, because he said, |May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the LORD has cursed.|

30 After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

31 Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then died.

32 After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.