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;

2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

5 And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

8 And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.

9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:

10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

11 And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:

13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

14 And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

15 And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

16 And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:

17 And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

20 And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.

21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

26 And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

27 And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

28 And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

29 And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

30 And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

31 And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

32 And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1 Dies ist das Buch von des Menschen Geschlecht. Da GOtt den Menschen schuf, machte er ihn nach dem Gleichnis Gottes

2 und schuf sie ein Männlein und Fräulein; und segnete sie und hieß ihren Namen Mensch zur Zeit, da sie geschaffen wurden.

3 Und Adam war hundertunddreißig Jahre alt und zeugete einen Sohn. der seinem Bilde ähnlich war, und hieß ihn Seth;

4 und lebte danach achthundert Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

5 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertunddreißig Jahre, und starb.

6 Seth war hundertundfünf Jahre alt und zeugte Enos;

7 und lebte danach achthundertundsieben Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

8 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertundzwölf Jahre, und starb.

9 Enos war neunzig Jahre alt und zeugete Kenan;

10 und lebte danach achthundertundfünfzehn Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

11 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertundfünf Jahre, und starb.

12 Kenan war siebenzig Jahre alt und zeugete Mahalaleel;

13 und lebte danach achthundertundvierzig Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

14 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertundzehn Jahre, und starb.

15 Mahalaleel war fünfundsechzig Jahre alt und zeugete Jared;

16 und lebte danach achthundertunddreißig Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

17 daß sein ganzes Alter ward achthundertfünfundneunzig Jahre, und starb.

18 Jared war hundertundzweiundsechzig Jahre alt und zeugete Henoch;

19 und lebte danach achthundert Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

20 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertzweiundsechzig Jahre, und starb.

21 Henoch war fünfundsechzig Jahre alt und zeugete Methusalah.

22 Und nachdem er Methusalah gezeuget hatte, blieb er in einem göttlichen Leben dreihundert Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

23 daß sein ganzes Alter ward dreihundertfünfundsechzig Jahre.

24 Und dieweil er ein göttlich Leben führete, nahm ihn GOtt hinweg, und ward nicht mehr gesehen.

25 Methusalah war hundertsiebenundachtzig Jahre alt und zeugete Lamech;

26 und lebte danach siebenhundertzweiundachtzig Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

27 daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertneunundsechzig Jahre, und starb.

28 Lamech war hundertzweiundachtzig Jahre alt und zeugete einen Sohn

29 und hieß ihn Noah und sprach: Der wird uns trösten in unserer Mühe und Arbeit auf Erden, die der HErr verflucht hat.

30 Danach lebte er fünfhundertfünfundneunzig Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;

31 daß sein ganzes Alter ward siebenhundertsiebenundsiebenzig Jahre, und starb.

32 Noah war fünfhundert Jahre alt und zeugete Sem, Ham und Japheth.