The actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version (‘HE’ Bible) — Genesis Chapter 5.

CHAP. V.

1 The genealogie, age, and death of the Patriarchs from Adam vnto Noah. 24 The godlinesse and translation of Enoch.

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¹ This is the booke of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man, in the likenes of God made he him.¹

² Male and female created hee them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.²

³ ¶ And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in his owne likenesse, after his image; and called his name Seth.

⁴ And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and daughters.⁴

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⁵ And all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundred and thirtie yeeres: and he died.

⁶ And Seth liued an hundred and fiue yeeres: and begate Enos.⁶

⁷ And Seth liued, after he begate Enos, eight hundred and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

⁸ And all the dayes of Seth, were nine hundred and twelue yeeres, and he died.

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⁹ ¶ And Enos liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Cainan.⁹

¹⁰ And Enos liued after hee begate Cainan, eight hundred and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.

¹¹ And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundred & fiue yeres; and he died.

¹² ¶ And Cainan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel.¹²

¹³ And Cainan liued after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundred and fourtie yeeres, & begate sonnes and daughters.

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¹⁴ And al the dayes of Cainan were nine hundred & ten yeres; and he died.

¹⁵ ¶ And Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeeres, and begat Iared.¹⁵

¹⁶ And Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iared, eight hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.

¹⁷ And all the dayes of Mahalaleel, were eight hundred ninetie and fiue yeeres, and he died.

¹⁸ ¶ And Iared liued an hundred sixtie and two yeeres, & he begat Enoch.

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¹⁹ And Iared liued after he begate Enoch, eight hundred yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

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²⁰ And all the dayes of Iared were nine hundred sixtie and two yeeres, and he died.

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²¹ ¶ And Enoch liued sixtie and fiue yeeres, and begate Methuselah.²¹

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²² And Enoch walked with God, after he begate Methuselah, three hundred yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

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²³ And all the dayes of Enoch, were three hundred sixtie and fiue yeeres.

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²⁴ And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God tooke him.²⁴

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²⁵ And Methuselah liued an hundred eightie and seuen yeeres, and begat Lamech.

²⁶ And Methuselah liued, after hee begate Lamech, seuen hundred, eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.²⁶

²⁷ And all the dayes of Methuselah were nine hundred, sixtie and nine yeeres, and he died.

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²⁸ ¶ And Lamech liued an hundred eightie and two yeeres: and begate a sonne.

²⁹ And he called his name Noah, saying; This same shall comfort vs, concerning our woorke and toyle of our hands, because of the ground, which the LORD hath cursed.²⁹

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³⁰ And Lamech liued, after hee begate Noah, fiue hundred ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

³¹ And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundred seuentie and seuen yeeres, and he died.

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³² And Noah was fiue hundred yeeres olde: and Noah begate Sem, Ham, and Iapheth.

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