Genesis 5 Notes

This book is the generations of Adam.
- God made Adam in his likeness.
- Adam lived 130 years before he fathered first child, Seth
- Adam lived 930 years total and died.
Seth lived 105 years before fathering his first, Enosh.
- Seth lived 912 years and died.
Enosh lived 90 years before fathering first child, Kenan.
- Lived 905 years and then died.
Kenan lived 70 years before fathering his first child, Mehalalel.
- Kenan lived 910 years and he died.
Mahalalel lived 65 years before fathering his first child, Jared.
- Mahalalel lived to 895 years and died.
Jared lived 165 years before fathered Enoch.
- Jared lived 962 years and then died.
Enoch lived 65 years before fathering Methuselah.
- Enoch didn't die. He is the only person in this book, that walked with God and wasn't described as dying.
- Enoch lived for 365 years.
Methuselah lived 187 years before fathering Lamech.
- Methuselah died after living 969 years.
Lamech lived 182 years before fathering Noah.
- Quoted as saying about Noah "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief"
- Lamech lived 777 years, and he died. Its worth noting that 777 years is significant in the Bible as a 7. 7 days a week.
Noah lived 500 years before fathering Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Noah was the only descendent that listed three sons, instead of the first child born.
- Noah's father was also Lamech, whom lived 777 years.