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Genealogy/Generations of Adam

1. Adam fathers Seth at age 130.
2. Adam lives to be 930 years old and has many sons and daughters.
3. Seth fathers Enos at age 105.
4. Seth lives to be 912 and has many sons and daughters.
5. Enos fathers Cainan at age 90.
6. Enos lives to be 915 and has many sons and daughters.
7. Cainan fathers Mahaleel at age 70.
8. Cainan lives to be 910 and has many sons and daughters.
9. Mahaleel fathers Jared at age 65.
10. Mahaleel lives to be 895 and has many sons and daughters.
11. Jared fathers Enoch at age 162
12. Jared lives to be 962 and has many sons and daughters.
13. Enoch fathers Methuselah at age 65.
14. Enoch lives to be 365 and has many sons and daughters. He does not die, but instead is taken to heaven by God.
15. Methuselah fathers Lamech at age 187.
16. Methuselah lives to be 969 and has many sons and daughters.
17. Lamech fathers Noah at age 182.
18. Lamech lives to be 777 and has many sons and daughters.
19. Noah fathers Shem, Ham and Japeth at 500.

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Genesis Chapter 5

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; ²Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ³And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: ⁴And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: ⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. ⁶And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: ⁷And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. ⁹And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: ¹⁰And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹¹And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. ¹²And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: ¹³And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. ¹⁵And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: ¹⁶And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁷And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. ¹⁸And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: ¹⁹And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. ²¹And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ²²And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. ²⁵And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. ²⁶And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. ²⁸And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: ²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. ³⁰And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: ³¹And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. ³²And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Cain and Abel

1. Eve gives birth to two sons: Cain, the older, and Abel .
2. Abel is a shepherd a finds favor in God’s eyes by bringing a pleasing offering to the Lord.
3. Cain is a farmer and skimps on his offering. The Lord isn’t pleased with this.
4. Cain becomes angry with the fact that his brother’s offering was better than his.
5. Cain lures Abel out into the field and kills him.
6. God curses Cain, places a mark upon him and sends him away.
7. Genealogy of Cain:
   1. Cain fathers Enoch.
   2. Enoch fathers Irad.
   3. Irad fathers Mehujael.
   4. Mehujael fathers Methushael.
   5. Methushael fathers Lamech.
   6. Lamech fathers Jabal — Jabal’s descendants are nomadic.
   7. Lamech fathers Jubal — Jubal’s descendants are musicians
   8. Lamech fathers Tubal-Cain — Tubal-Cain’s descendants are blacksmiths.
8. Lamech is a very boastful and ungodly man.
9. Eve gives birth to Seth.
10. Seth has a son named Enosh.

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Genesis Chapter 4

¹And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. ²And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. ⁴And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: ⁵But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. ⁸And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; ¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ¹³And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. ¹⁶And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. ²¹And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. ²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. ²⁴If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. ²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

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The Fall of Man

1. The serpent comes to Eve and tempts her to eat from the forbidden tree.
2. The woman listens to the serpent and eats from it. She also brings some to Adam and he eats as well.
3. Knowing they’ve sinned, they hide in the garden until God comes.
4. Adam blames Eve. Eve blames the serpent.
5. God curses the serpent and promises a savior to come and crush the serpent’s head.
6. Women must now endure much pain during childbirth. They will also be ruled over by their husbands.
7. Men must now tool and work to produce food.
8. All people will now have to die.
9. God clothes them and forces them out of the garden.
10. An angel with a flaming sword is placed at the garden gate to prevent anyone from returning and eating of the Tree of Life.

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Full Text Genesis Chapter 3

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1. The heavens and the earth are completed and God rests of the 7th day declaring it holy.
2. The  rest of the chapter goes back and recounts the  details of the sixth day.
3. God creates man from the dust of the ground.
4. He places man in the garden He created in Eden.
5. The garden has a river and many different edible fruit trees.
6. The Tree of Life and the Knowledge of Good and Evil are placed in the middle of the Garden. Man(Adam) is commanded not to eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
7. Adam names all the animals while searching for a partner/helper/companion.
8. God creates Eve from Adams rib since no suitable companion could be found amoung the animals.

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Full Text Genesis Chapter 2

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Chapter 1 of Genesis is an overview of the first 7 days of creation. It lists the different things that were created on each of the days.

Day 1 – Light is created to separate day time and night time

Day 2 – The ‘firmament’ is created. Firmament is another word for sky or the heavens.

Day 3 – The waters are gathered together and land is formed. Plants, vegetation, and trees are created. Each one is designed to reproduce only seeds after it’s one ‘kind’ or type.

Day 4 – The sun, the moon, and the stars are created.

Day 5 – All animals that are sea dwelling and birds of the air are created. They are again, created to reproduce with and after their own ‘kind’.

Day 6 - All land dwelling animals are created. Lastly, God creates man in His own image from the dust of the ground. He commands man to multiple and to rule over the rest of the creation that he has made.

This is where Genesis Chapter 1 ends. The 7th day of rest is in the first 2 verses of Chapter 2.