The Descendants of Adam

¹This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.

²He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”)

³When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.

⁴After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children

⁵and died at the age of 930.

⁶When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,

⁷and then lived another 807 years. He had other children

⁸and died at the age of 912.

⁹When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,

¹⁰and then lived another 815 years. He had other children

¹¹and died at the age of 905.

¹²When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,

¹³and then lived another 840 years. He had other children

¹⁴and died at the age of 910.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,

¹⁶and then lived another 830 years. He had other children

¹⁷and died at the age of 895.

¹⁸When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,

¹⁹and then lived another 800 years. He had other children

²⁰and died at the age of 962.

²¹When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.

²²After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

²³He lived to be 365 years old.

²⁴He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

²⁵When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,

²⁶and then lived another 782 years. He had other children

²⁷and died at the age of 969.

²⁸When Lamech was 182, he had a son

²⁹and said, “From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work”; so he named him Noah.

³⁰Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children

³¹and died at the age of 777.

³²After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Human Wickedness

¹When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born,

²some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

³Then the Lord said, “I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years.”

⁴In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.

⁵When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

⁶he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret

⁷that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”

⁸But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

Noah

^9-10This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,

¹¹but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.

¹²God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

¹³God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.

¹⁴Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.

¹⁵Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

¹⁶Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side.

¹⁷I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,

¹⁸but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.

^19-20Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive.

²¹Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.”

²²Noah did everything that God commanded.

A Hymn of Thanksgiving

¹Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal.

²Give thanks to the greatest of all gods; his love is eternal.

³Give thanks to the mightiest of all lords; his love is eternal.

⁴He alone performs great miracles; his love is eternal.

⁵By his wisdom he made the heavens; his love is eternal;

⁶he built the earth on the deep waters; his love is eternal.

⁷He made the sun and the moon; his love is eternal;

⁸the sun to rule over the day; his love is eternal;

⁹the moon and the stars to rule over the night; his love is eternal.

¹⁰He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians; his love is eternal.

¹¹He led the people of Israel out of Egypt; his love is eternal;

¹²with his strong hand, his powerful arm; his love is eternal.

¹³He divided the Red Sea; his love is eternal;

¹⁴he led his people through it; his love is eternal;

¹⁵but he drowned the king of Egypt and his army; his love is eternal.

¹⁶He led his people through the desert; his love is eternal.

¹⁷He killed powerful kings; his love is eternal;

¹⁸he killed famous kings; his love is eternal;

¹⁹Sihon, king of the Amorites; his love is eternal;

²⁰and Og, king of Bashan; his love is eternal.

²¹He gave their lands to his people; his love is eternal;

²²he gave them to Israel, his servant; his love is eternal.

²³He did not forget us when we were defeated; his love is eternal;

²⁴he freed us from our enemies; his love is eternal.

²⁵He gives food to every living creature; his love is eternal.

²⁶Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.