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The names are Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Cainan, Manaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methusaleh, Lamech, and Noah.
1This is the written account of Adam’s
line.
When God created man, he made him in
the likeness of God. 2He
created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he
called them “man.a”
3When
Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;
and he named him Seth. 4After
Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5Altogether,
Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
6When
Seth had lived 105 years, he became the fatherb
of Enosh. 7And
after he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons
and daughters. 8Altogether,
Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
9When
Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 10And
after he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons
and daughters. 11Altogether,
Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
12When
Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13And
after he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other
sons and daughters. 14Altogether,
Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.
15When
Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 16And
after he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other
sons and daughters. 17Altogether,
Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.
18When
Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 19And
after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons
and daughters. 20Altogether,
Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.
21When
Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22And
after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and
had other sons and daughters. 23Altogether,
Enoch lived 365 years. 24Enoch
walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25When
Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26And
after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other
sons and daughters. 27Altogether,
Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
28When
Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29He
named him Noahc
and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused
by the ground the Lord has cursed.” 30After
Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31Altogether,
Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.
32After
Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
I did a few quick searches on the Hebrew language origins of
these names and here is what I found:
ADAM: of the
ground, taken out of the red earth, man, mankind
SETH: appointed, substituted (as in the substitution of Seth
for the murdered Abel)
ENOSH: mortal, frail, feeble
CAINAN: fixed, possession, dwelling chamber
MAHALEEL: praise of God
JARED: a descent, going down
ENOCH: consecrated, dedicate, train up
METHUSALEH: man of the javelin, man of the dart, man of the
spear, his death shall bring, he
shall die, it shall be sent
LAMECH: of uncertain derivation, strong, conqueror,
destroyer, despairing, (There seems to be much disagreement and discussion over
the meaning of this name.)
Noah: rest, comfort
Sources:
Easton, Matthew George, “Biblical meaning for ‘Cainan’ in
Easton’s Bible Dictionary,”
bible-history.com-eastons; 1897.
“Methuselah’s Name,” http://www.apricotpie.com/james/methuselahs-name
Strong, James, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, 1895.
Tinney, Merill C., ed. The Zondervan Pictorial Bible
Dictionary (Grand Raoids , Mi.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1967)
How Chuck Missler derived the meanings of the names in the
list.
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