Genesis 5 is the ancient genealogy from Adam to Noah, where ten patriarchs are listed and every man’s life closes with the same refrain - “then he died” - except one.
Full sung version coming soon.
Lyrics
This is the book of the generations of Adam In the day that God created man He made him in God’s likeness
Adam lived one hundred and thirty years And became the father of Seth All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years Then he died
Seth lived one hundred and five years Then became the father of Enosh All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years Then he died
Enosh lived ninety years and became the father of Kenan All the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years Then he died Kenan lived seventy years, became the father of Mahalalel All the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years Then he died
Mahalalel lived sixty-five years Became the father of Jared All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years Then he died
Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years Became the father of Enoch All the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years Then he died
Enoch lived sixty-five years Then became the father of Methuselah After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God For three hundred years All the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years Enoch walked with God and he was not found For God took him
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years Became the father of Lamech All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years Then he died Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years And became the father of a son
He named him Noah saying This one will comfort us in our work And in the toil of our hands Caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years Then he died
Noah was five hundred years old Then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth
Adam, Seth, Enosh Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech Noah
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Genesis 5 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.