Genesis Chapter 5 traces the lineage from Adam to Noah, highlighting the faithful descendants and their remarkable longevity.
This period is called the antediluvian age which is the time before the flood.
Adam & Eve
Methuselah died at 969 years old
Noah whose family built an ark to prepare for a global flood
Genesis 5 is a genealogy that records the descendants of Adam and Eve through their son Seth.
Verses 1-32
Adam fathered Seth and died at the age of 930
Seth fathered Enoch and died at 912
Enoch fathered Kenyan and died at the age of 905
Kenan fathered Mahalalel and died at the age of 910
Mahalalel fathered Jared and died at age 895
Jared fathered Enoch and died at the age of 962
Enoch fathered Methuselah. Enoch didn’t die but instead God took him at the age of 365.
Methuselah fathered Lamech and died at the age of 969
Lamech fathered Noah and died at the age of 777
Noah fathered Shem, Ham and Japheth and that is where our next story begins with the life of Noah.
The reason that God includes these generations of families in the Bible is because of the promises made in the previous chapters to these families and their descendants. This list is not just records of generations but also evidence of God’s faithfulness to the promises made generations ago.
