Genesis 5
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Genesis 5:21-32

21When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

23The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years.

24Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

26Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

27The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

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

29He named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.”

30Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.

31The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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