Genesis · Chapter 5

[ edit] This is þe boke of þe generacioun of Adam, in þe day in which God made of nouȝt man. To þe ymage and lyknes of God he made hym; male and female he made hem of nouȝt, and he bliſſide to hem, and he callide þe name of hem Adam, in þe dai in þe which þei weren maad of nouȝt. Adam forſoþe lyuede an hundrid and þretti wynter, and he gat a ſone to þe liknes and hys ymage, and callide þe name of hym Seþ. And þe daies of Adam ben maad after þat he gat Seþ eiȝte hundrid ȝeer, and he gat ſones and dowȝtres. And al þe tyme is maad in þe which Adam lyuede nyne hundrid and þritti ȝeer, and deed he is. Seþ forſoþe lyuede an hundryd and fyue ȝeer, and he gat Enos.

And Seþ lyuede aftir þat he gat Enos eiȝt hundrid wyntir and ſeuene, and he gat ſones and dowȝtres. And alle þe daies of Seþ ben maad nyne hundrid and twelue ȝeer, and deed he is. Enos forſoþe lyuede nynti ȝeer, and he gat Caynan; after whos birþe he lyuede eiȝt hundrid and fiftene ȝeer, and he gat ſones and dowȝtris. And alle þe dayes of Enos ben maad of nyne hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is. Caynan forſoþe lyuede ſeuenti ȝeer, and he gat Malalehel. And Caynan lyuede after þat he had gotun Malalehel eiȝt hundrid and fourty ȝeer, and he gat ſones and dowȝtris. And alle þe dais of Caynan ben maad nyne hundrid and ten ȝeer, and deed he is.

Malalehel forſoþe lyuede fyue and ſixti ȝeer, and he gat Jared. And Malalehel lyuede after þat he gat Jared eiȝt hundryd and þritti ȝeer, and he gat ſones and dowȝtrys. And alle þe daies of Malalehel ben maad eiȝt hundrid and nynti and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is. And Jared lyuede an hundryd and two and ſixti ȝeer, and he gat Enok. And Jared lyuede after þat he gat Enok eiȝt hundrid ȝeer, and he gat ſones and dowȝtris. And al þe daies of Jared ben maad nyne hundrid ȝeer and two and ſixti, and deed he is. Forſoþe Enok lyuede fyue and ſixti ȝeer, and he gat Matuſale. And Enok ȝede wiþ God; and Enok lyuede after þat he gat Matuſale þre hundrid ȝeer, and he gat ſonys and dowȝtris.

And alle þe daies of Enok ben maad þre hundrid and fyue and ſexti ȝeer. And he ȝede wiþ God, and he aperyde not, for God toke hym. Forſoþe Matuſale lyuede an hundrid and ſeuen and eiȝti ȝeer, and he gat Lameþ. And Matuſale lyuede after þat he had getun Lameþ ſeuene hundrid and two and eiȝti wynter, and he gat ſones and dowȝtris. And alle þe daies of Matuſale ben maad nyne hundrid and ſixti and nyne ȝeer, and deed he is. Lameþ forſoþe lyuede an hundryd and two and eiȝti ȝeer, and he gat a ſone; and he callide þe name of hym Noe, ſeiynge, Þis ſhal coumforte vs fro þe werkis and þe traueils of oure hondis in þe erþe, þe whiche werkis þe Lord curſide.

And Lameþ lyuede after þat he gat Noe fyue hundrid and fyue and nynti ȝeer, and he gat ſonys and dowȝtris. And alle þe daies of Lameþ ben maad ſeuene hundryd and ſeuenti and ſeuene ȝeer, and deed he is. Noe forſoþe whan he was of fyue hundrid ȝeers, he gat Sem, Cam, and Japheþ.