³ When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. He named him Seth. ⁴ Adam lived 800 years after Seth was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Adam lived a total of 930 years. And then he died.

⁶ Seth lived 105 years. Then he became the father of Enosh. ⁷ Seth lived 807 years after Enosh was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ⁸ Seth lived a total of 912 years. And then he died.

⁹ Enosh lived 90 years. Then he became the father of Kenan. ¹⁰ Enosh lived 815 years after Kenan was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Enosh lived a total of 905 years. And then he died.

¹² Kenan lived 70 years. Then he became the father of Mahalalel. ¹³ Kenan lived 840 years after Mahalalel was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Kenan lived a total of 910 years. And then he died.

¹⁵ Mahalalel lived 65 years. Then he became the father of Jared. ¹⁶ Mahalalel lived 830 years after Jared was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years. And then he died.

¹⁸ Jared lived 162 years. Then he became the father of Enoch. ¹⁹ Jared lived 800 years after Enoch was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Jared lived a total of 962 years. And then he died.

²¹ Enoch lived 65 years. Then he became the father of Methuselah. ²² Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years after Methuselah was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ²³ Enoch lived a total of 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked faithfully with God. And then he couldn’t be found, because God took him from this life.

²⁵ Methuselah lived 187 years. Then he became the father of Lamech. ²⁶ Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Methuselah lived a total of 969 years. And then he died.

²⁸ Lamech lived 182 years. Then he had a son ²⁹ and named him Noah. Lamech said, “He will comfort us when we are working. He’ll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard because the Lord put a curse on the ground.” ³⁰ Lamech lived 595 years after Noah was born. He also had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Lamech lived a total of 777 years. And then he died.

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

It was two years after the flood. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. ¹¹ After Arphaxad was born, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹² When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. ¹³ After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴ When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. ¹⁵ After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶ When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. ¹⁷ After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸ When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. ¹⁹ After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰ When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. ²¹ After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

²² When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. ²³ After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁴ When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. ²⁵ After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁶ After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

² Abraham was the father of Isaac.

Isaac was the father of Jacob.

Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. Tamar was their mother.

Perez was the father of Hezron.

Hezron was the father of Ram.

⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab.

Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.

Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz. Rahab was Boaz’s mother.

Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was Obed’s mother.

Obed was the father of Jesse.

⁶ And Jesse was the father of King David.

David was the father of Solomon. Solomon’s mother had been Uriah’s wife.

⁷ Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.

Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.

Abijah was the father of Asa.

⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.

Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.

Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.

⁹ Uzziah was the father of Jotham.

Jotham was the father of Ahaz.

Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.

Manasseh was the father of Amon.

Amon was the father of Josiah.

¹¹ And Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. At that time, the Jewish people were forced to go away to Babylon.

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel.

Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud.

Abihud was the father of Eliakim.

Eliakim was the father of Azor.

¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok.

Zadok was the father of Akim.

Akim was the father of Elihud.

¹⁵ Elihud was the father of Eleazar.

Eleazar was the father of Matthan.

Matthan was the father of Jacob.

¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was the husband of Mary. And Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.