מֵאָה

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

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

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

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

So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

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

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.