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Genesis 5:1

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    In chapter 5 the ancient copies of the text vary in the numbers, but all have very large numbers.

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  • Research Guide

    Ethanim

    it-1 “Ethanim” par. 7

    Genesis, Book of

    it-1 “Genesis, Book of” pars. 4-5

    Writing

    it-2 “Writing” pars. 1-4

  • Publications Index

    it-1 765, 919-920; it-2 1212;

    gh 16-17; g68 4/8 25; g65 6/22 27-28; g65 7/8 27; w63 459, 741; g63 4/22 13; w62 57, 477; w60 165; w59 326; pa 65; w53 78; w48 200, 202; tf 204

Genesis 5:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Creation

    it-1 “Creation” par. 20

  • Publications Index

    it-1 528;

    w62 57, 477; w48 202

Genesis 5:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w80 10/1 31; po 66; w71 44-45; w65 171; g65 6/22 28

Genesis 5:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Seth

    it-2 “Seth” par. 2

    Marriage

    rs p. 252 par. 5-p. 253 par. 1

    Races of Mankind

    rs p. 301 par. 6

  • Publications Index

    it-2 899; rs 252-253, 301-302;

    w77 708; g74 6/22 28; g71 11/22 26; w65 124, 170; w52 352

Genesis 5:5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    im 178; w63 233; ns 43; w43 30

Genesis 5:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Why Did That Ancient World Perish?

    w02 3/1 pp. 5-6

  • Publications Index

    w02 3/1 5-6

Genesis 5:21

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w65 166

Genesis 5:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    He Walked With God

    wcg chap. 1

    Attitudes and Gestures

    it-1 “Attitudes and Gestures” par. 55

    “He Had Pleased God Well”

    wp17 No. 1 pp. 10-11

    Walk With God in These Turbulent Times

    w05 9/1 pp. 15-17

    Does Jehovah Notice What You Do?

    w03 5/1 p. 29

  • Publications Index

    wcg 16-17; it-1 220; wp17.1 10-11; w05 9/1 15-17; w03 5/1 29;

    bi12-81 1446; po 68; w73 702; w72 650-651; ad 166, 514; bi8-71 1352; bi12-70 1452; w63 105; bi8-63 3567; bi12-61 1450; w53 536

Genesis 5:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “He Had Pleased God Well”

    wp17 No. 1 p. 10

  • Publications Index

    wp17.1 10;

    po 68; w72 650-651

Genesis 5:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    He Walked With God

    wcg chap. 1

    Enoch

    it-1 “Enoch” No. 2

    “He Had Pleased God Well”

    wp17 No. 1 pp. 10-13

    Courageous Through Faith and Godly Fear

    w06 10/1 p. 19 par. 14

    Walk With God in These Turbulent Times

    w05 9/1 p. 15 par. 9

    Highlights From the Book of Genesis—I

    w04 1/1 p. 29 par. 5

    Enoch Walked With God in an Ungodly World

    w01 9/15 p. 31

    ‘Go On Walking in Union With Christ’

    w98 6/1 p. 9 par. 1

    Enoch—Fearless Against All Odds

    w97 1/15 pp. 30-31

  • Publications Index

    wcg 16-17; it-1 729; wp17.1 12-13; w06 10/1 19; w05 9/1 15; w04 1/1 29; w01 9/15 31; w98 6/1 9; w97 1/15 30-31;

    w85 9/1 3; bi12-81 1446; w77 133-135; gh 80; g76 5/8 29; po 69-70; w72 650-651; w71 616-617; ad 514, 520; bi8-71 1352; nc 12; w70 327; bi12-70 1452; bi8-63 3567; w62 159; w61 396; bi12-61 1450; ns 52; w53 536; w43 95; tf 125; w41 207, 230; w31 124

Genesis 5:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “He Had Pleased God Well”

    wp17 No. 1 p. 11

  • Publications Index

    wp17.1 11

Genesis 5:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Methuselah

    it-2 “Methuselah”

  • Publications Index

    it-2 389;

    ad 1149; li 31; w65 166; im 178; g63 6/22 4

Genesis 5:28

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    li 31

Genesis 5:29

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Lamech

    it-2 “Lamech” No. 2

    Jehovah Provides Comfort in All Our Trials

    w17.06 p. 8 par. 17

    He “Walked With the True God”

    w13 4/1 p. 14

    He “Walked With the True God”

    ia chap. 2

    What Is in a Name?

    w09 2/1 p. 13

    Noah’s Faith Condemns the World

    w01 11/15 p. 29

    Look to Jehovah for Comfort

    w96 11/1 p. 8 pars. 6-8

  • Publications Index

    it-2 192; w17.06 8; w13 4/1 14; ia 22; w09 2/1 13; w01 11/15 29; w96 11/1 8;

    w75 665; g75 12/22 7; po 71, 82; ad 1021; w65 191; tf 129, 143; ff 36

Genesis 5:31

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    po 71; s 318; w38 309

Genesis 5:32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Jehovah Knows How to Deliver His People

    w12 4/15 p. 23 par. 5

  • Publications Index

    w12 4/15 23;

    po 71; w57 319; w43 125

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The Bible in Living English
Genesis 5:1-32

Genesis

5* This is the record of the line of Man. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God he made them, 2 male and female he created them, and blessed them and named them Man [in Hebrew, Adam] on the day they were created. 3 And Man lived a hundred and thirty years and begot one in his own likeness, after his own image, and named him Sheth. 4 And Man’s time after he begot Sheth was eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters; 5 and all the time that Man lived was nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

6 And Sheth lived a hundred and five years and begot Enosh. 7 And after Sheth begot Enosh he lived eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters; 8 and all Sheth’s life was nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

9 And Enosh lived ninety years and begot Kenan. 10 And after Enosh begot Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters; 11 and all Enosh’s life was nine hundred and five years; and he died.

12 And Kenan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel. 13 And after Kenan begot Mahalalel he lived eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters; 14 and all Kenan’s life was nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

15 And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and begot Jered. 16 And after Mahalalel begot Jered he lived eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters; 17 and all Mahalalel’s life was eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

18 And Jered lived sixty-two years and begot Enoc. 19 And after Jered begot Enoc he lived seven hundred and eighty-five years, and begot sons and daughters; 20 and all Jered’s life was eight hundred and forty-seven years; and he died.

21 And Enoc lived sixty-five years and begot Methushelah. 22 And after Enoc begot Methushelah he walked in God’s company three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters; 23 and all Enoc’s life was three hundred and sixty-five years; 24 and Enoc went walking with God, and was missing, because God had taken him.

25 And Methushelah lived sixty-seven years and begot Lemec. 26 And after Methushelah begot Lemec he lived six hundred and fifty-three years, and begot sons and daughters; 27 and all Methushelah’s life was seven hundred and twenty years; and he died.

28 And Lemec lived fifty-three years and begot a son, 29 and named him Noah, saying “This one will give us solace for our work and the pains of our arms out of the soil that Jehovah cursed.” 30 And after Lemec begot Noah he lived six hundred years, and begot sons and daughters; 31 and all Lemec’s life was six hundred and fifty-three years; and he died.

32 And Noah came to the age of five hundred years and begot Shem, Ham, and Jepheth.

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