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Mercoledi, 24 aprile 2024 - San Giorgio ( Letture di oggi)

Genesis 5


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1This is the rol of Adam's descendants: On the day that God created Adam he made him in the likenessof God.2Male and female he created them. He blessed them and gave them the name Man, when they werecreated.3When Adam was a hundred and thirty years old he fathered a son, in his likeness, after his image, andhe cal ed him Seth.4Adam lived for eight hundred years after the birth of Seth and he fathered sons and daughters.5In al , Adam lived for nine hundred and thirty years; then he died.6When Seth was a hundred and five years old he fathered Enosh.7After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived for eight hundred and seven years, and he fathered sons anddaughters.8In al , Seth lived for nine hundred and twelve years; then he died.9When Enosh was ninety years old he fathered Kenan.10After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived for eight hundred and fifteen years and he fathered sons anddaughters.11In al , Enosh lived for nine hundred and five years; then he died.12When Kenan was seventy years old he fathered Mahalalel.13After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived for eight hundred and forty years and he fathered sons anddaughters.14In al , Kenan lived for nine hundred and ten years; then he died.15When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old he fathered Jared.16After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and thirty years and he fathered sons anddaughters.17In al , Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and ninety-five years; then he died.18When Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old he fathered Enoch.19After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived for eight hundred years and he fathered sons and daughters.20In al , Jared lived for nine hundred and sixty-two years; then he died.21When Enoch was sixty-five years old he fathered Methuselah.22Enoch walked with God. After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived for three hundred years and hefathered sons and daughters.23In al , Enoch lived for three hundred and sixty-five years.24Enoch walked with God, then was no more, because God took him.25When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old he fathered Lamech.26After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived for seven hundred and eighty-two years and he fatheredsons and daughters.27In al , Methuselah lived for nine hundred and sixty-nine years; then he died.28When Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old he fathered a son.29He gave him the name Noah because, he said, 'Here is one who wil give us, in the midst of our toiland the labouring of our hands, a consolation out of the very soil that Yahweh cursed.'30After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived for five hundred and ninety-five years and fathered sons anddaughters.31In al , Lamech lived for seven hundred and seventy-seven years; then he died.32When Noah was five hundred years old he fathered Shem, Ham and Japheth.