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1. This is the book of the genealogy of Adam, In the day that God created man, He made them in the likeness of God. 1:26; 9:6
2. He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them mankind in the day they were created. 1:27, 28
3. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
4. After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.
5. So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. Heb. 9:27
As you will see at the end of this chapter, Adam lived long enough to see all his descendants down to the father of Noah, who is Lamech. Adam died in 930 AC(after creation), and Noah was born in 1056 AC (126 years after the death of Adam). Just As God promised Adam back in Gen 3:19, because of his sin, he at that moment, became mortal and was destined to die.
6. Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
Enosh (H583): אנוש: ‘ĕnôsh
BDB Definition:
Enos = “man”
1) son of Seth
8. So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
9. Enosh lived ninety years and begot Cainan.
Cainan (H7018): קינן: qêynân:
BDB Definition: Kenan = “possession”
10. After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.
11. So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
12. Cainan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel.
Mahalalel (h4111):מהללאל: mahălal’êl:
BDB Definition: Mahalalel = “praise of God”
13. After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.
14. So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
15. Mahalalel lived sixty five years and begot Jared.
Jared (3382):ירד: yered:
BDB Definition: Jered or Jared = “descent”
16. After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.
17. So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety five years; and he died.
18. Jared lived one hundred and sixty two years, and begot Enoch.
Enoch (H2585):חנוך: chănôk:
BDB Definition: Hanoch = “dedicated”
19. After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
20. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty two years; and he died.
21. Enoch lived sixty five years, and begot Methuselah. Jude 14,15
Methuselah (H4968): מתוּשׁלח: methûshelach:
BDB Definition: Methuselah = “man of the dart”
22. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 9:6; Heb. 11:5
23. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years.
24. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Just as Noah was righteous in God’s eyes, so to was Enoch, I believe This is what verse twenty four is saying, when it says that Enoch “walked with God.” This verse has been misread by many scholars. Many people Have been lead to believe that this verse means that Enoch was taken up to heaven. those who believe God took Enoch up to heaven also reference Hebrews 11:5, Also known as the faith chapter. However, neither one of these verses say that he was taken up into heaven. If we are to read further down in Hebrews chapter eleven we would see that Paul Makes no distinction between Enoch and all those of the faith he listed when he says, “These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises,” Clearly Enoch did not ascend to Heaven. verse twenty four does not say where God took Enoch, it just plainly says “God took him.” Jesus himself tells us that “scripture cannot be broken” (John. 10:35), and earlier in the chapter of John Jesus said, “no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven,” (John 3:13), Meaning that He is the only one who has ever ascended into Heaven. Therefore when people say Enoch ascended to heaven, then they would have to discard what Jesus taught in John 3:13, and Paul’s writings of Hebrews chapter eleven. Therefore they would be breaking scripture so as to fit their own narrative of their beliefs of what happens after death. So then, what does it mean in verse twenty four that “God took him?” There are many theories as to what happened to Enoch, I have only talked about the one because of its misinterpretation of scriptures and I felt compelled to clarify the truth about life immediately after death. United Church of God gives some great insight as to what could have happened to Enoch which I will copy and paste here for the reader:
How, then, can it be that Enoch was transferred elsewhere so he wouldn’t see death? God doesn’t give us all the details of what happened, but a few scenarios have been proposed that do not conflict with the fact that Enoch died as the Bible says.
It may be that God transported Enoch elsewhere to keep him from being killed at a certain time—perhaps protecting him from martyrdom at the hands of angry persecutors who didn’t like his announcement of coming divine judgment (see Jude 14-16). God likewise supernaturally transported Elijah and Philip to other places on earth (see 2 Kings 2:11; Acts 8:39).
On the other hand, we should observe that Enoch died young for his time—at age 365 while those before and after him lived into their 800s and 900s. Because of this, some speculate that God “took him” from life prematurely so that he would not have to live out his remaining centuries in a miserable world (compare Isaiah 57:1-2). His next moment of consciousness will be the resurrection. In this case, “so that he would not see death” would refer to his not having to experience the process of dying—his life ending instantly.
Still others, putting the likelihood of Enoch experiencing persecution together with his early death, have concluded that Enoch was murdered—martyred for his preaching. Enoch being taken and not found would then refer to God removing his body and burying it—as happened with Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5-6).
In this case, Enoch being taken or transferred so that he would not see death is taken as separate matter—that of him being spiritually converted, transferred from the world’s ways to God’s way of living, so that he would not see ultimate death in the lake of fire (compare Colossians 1:13; John 8:51).
Again, we don’t have enough details to know exactly what is intended. But we do know that Enoch did not skip death and go to heaven. He died, and no human being has ascended to heaven except Jesus Christ.
The bottom line is that scriptures do not clarify what happened to Enoch when God “Took him”
25. Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty seven years, and begot Lamech.
26. After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty two years, and had sons and daughters.
Lamech (H3929): למך: lemek:
BDB Definition: Lamech = “powerful”
27. So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years; and he died.
28. Lamech lived one hundred and eighty two years, and had a son.
29. And called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
Noah (H5146): נח: nôach:
BDB Definition: Noah = “rest”
1) son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
30. After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety five years, and had sons and daughters.
31. So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy seven years; and he died.
32. And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot
Shem, Ham and Japheth. 6:10; 10:1, 32
Shem (H8035): שׁם: shêm:
BDB Definition: Shem = “name” 1) the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes
Ham(H2526): חם: châm: BDB Definition: Ham = “hot” 1) 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands (noun proper masculine)
2) in late usage, a collective name for Egyptians (noun proper masculine)
3) the place where Chedorlaomer smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of Ammonites (Gilead) east of the Jordan (noun proper locative)
Japheth (H3315): יפת: yepheth:
BDB Definition: Japheth = “opened” 1) the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia
I think most people will probably skip over the Genealogy of Adam and not pay much attention to it. I on the other hand, about a year ago (2013) thought it would be interesting to follow this genealogy. At the time, my purpose was to put a date on the flood of Noah’s time. Since then, during my growing process I have decided to carry this genealogy line to as far as the Bible records it. I have come to learn why God was so specific in the dates and the names of the descendants of Seth. Up until the time of Noah, there is one pure blood line that will eventually lead to the promised seed of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is very important according to the purpose of God. We must look at it this way: God is holy, Therefore, in order for Jesus Christ to be Holy and without sin, there must be no deviation in the bloodline leading up to the Birth of Jesus. We see in this genealogical map that the seed of Eve is handed down from generation to generation from the man. This bloodline that leads to Jesus, is handed down from son to son and not thru the daughters. I am in no way implying that women have no importance in God’s word. We see down through the Bible how women, at certain times, were used by God to carry out his purpose.
The following is my calculations, according to scripture, of the Genealogy from Adam to the flood. With the exception of Adam I use the abbreviation A.C. to stand for after creation, so as to help me in counting the years to Noah.
Adam was born 0000 BTF (before the flood)
Adam died in 0930 Ac, hence he lived 930 years.
Seth was born in 0130 AC, he lived 912 years and died in the year 1042 AC.
Enosh was born in 0235 AC, he lived 905 years and died in 1140 AC.
Cainan was born in 0325 AC, he lived 910 years and died in 1235 AC.
Mahalalel was born in 0395 AC, he lived 895 years and died in 1290 AC.
Jared was born in 0460 AC, he lived 962 years and died in 1422 AC.
Enoch was born in 622 AC, he lived 365 years and died in 987 AC.
Methuselah was born in 687 AC, he lived 969 years and died in 1656 (the year of the flood)
This would obviously mean that Methuselah knew of the coming flood and watched and maybe even helped his grandson Noah build the ark as best he could for his age. He would have been about 869 years old at the time that Noah began to build the ark. Methuselah’s died the year of the flood and the Lord did not allow him to live thru the coming flood. there is no explanation in the scriptures why God had Methuselah die the year of the flood? If there has been any reasons given by man they can only be conjectural at best. But I will give my own explanation why I think Methuselah and his son Lamech both died right before the flood. We are told in scriptures that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Gen 6:8), so my opinion is that Noah’s father and grandfather did not live up the level to find grace in His eyes, However, God did spare them from the horrible death thru the flood, therefore not allowing them to die with the wicked of the world of that time. and or it was only thru Noah’s righteousness that God spared them from death by the flood, Just as God also spared noah’s wife, his sons and their wives as well. Thru one man’s righteousness few were saved from the flood alone (not for salvation purposes), Just as in the days of Lot, God found one righteous man in Sodom, and thru Lot, His wife, two daughters, albeit Lots wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back as they were fleeing (Gen. 19:26), if Lot’s sons in law would have followed they would have been spared from the day of destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:12-14). This is just one man’s opinion.
Lamech Was born in 0874 AC, he lived 777 years old and died in 1651 AC.
Just as his father Methuselah, Lamech knew of the flood, and the beginning of the end. according to my calculations he would have been about six hundred and sixty seven years old when Noah began building the ark, he died five years before the flood. Also another note about Lamech. He lived 777 years. The number 7 is a sign of perfection in the eyes of the Lord, just saying.
Noah was born in 1056 AC, he lived 950 years and died in 2006 AC.
Shem, Ham and Japheth were born at separate times after Noah turned five hundred. They were not triplets. We can go to other chapters later on in Genesis to show this time-line. First lets look at chapter ten (Compare Gen 10:21). So we see hear that Japheth was the oldest of Noah’s sons. We can then go to chapter nine to see that Ham was the youngest son. (Gen 9:22-24, 11:10). We know that Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came, since Shem was one hundred years old (two years after the flood), at the birth of Arphaxad. The only thing we do not know is the exact age of Ham. Hence the following genealogy goes something like this: Japheth was born in 1556 AC The Bible doesn’t give the account as to when Japheth Died. The only reason I can think of, is the fact that the seed of Jesus Christ comes through Shem and not Japheth.
Shem was born in 1558 AC and died in 2060 AC
Ham was born some-time after Shem, but as to when he was born is not told. In my opinion this is because of the sin Ham had committed upon his father Noah, and also, since the Seed of Jesus comes through Shem’s offspring, God does not find it necessary to give us this genealogy. It is only through the seed of Jesus Christ that is important for us to know, so as to account for the direct descendants from Adam to Jesus.