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# Genesis 5

Genesis 5 is chapter 5 of 50 in the Book of Genesis. Here are all 31 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Noe. The translation of Henoch.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Genesis 5 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
2. He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3. Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth.
4. And after he conceived Seth, the days of Adam that passed were eight hundred years. And he conceived sons and daughters.
5. And all the time that passed while Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.
6. Seth likewise lived for one hundred and five years, and then he conceived Enos.
7. And after he conceived Enos, Seth lived for eight hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
8. And all the days of Seth that passed were nine hundred and twelve years, and then he died.
9. In truth, Enos lived ninety years, and then he conceived Cainan.
10. After his birth, he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
11. And all the days of Enos that passed were nine hundred and five years, and then he died.
12. Likewise, Cainan lived seventy years, and then he conceived Mahalalel.
13. And after he conceived Mahalalel, Cainan lived for eight hundred and forty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
14. And all the days of Cainan that passed were nine hundred and ten years, and then he died.
15. And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and then he conceived Jared.
16. And after he conceived Jared, Mahalalel lived for eight hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
17. And all the days of Mahalalel that passed were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and then he died.
18. And Jared lived for one hundred and sixty-two years, and then he conceived Enoch.
19. And after he conceived Enoch, Jared lived for eight hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
20. And all the days of Jared that passed were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and then he died.
21. Now Enoch lived for sixty-five years, and then he conceived Methuselah.
22. And Enoch walked with God. And after he conceived Methuselah, he lived for three hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
23. And all the days of Enoch that passed were three hundred and sixty-five years.
24. And he walked with God, and then he was seen no more, because God took him.
25. Likewise, Methuselah lived for one hundred and eighty-seven years, and then he conceived Lamech.
26. And after he conceived Lamech, Methuselah lived for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
27. And all the days of Methuselah that passed were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.
28. Then Lamech lived for one hundred and eighty-two years, and he conceived a son.
29. And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will console us from the works and hardships of our hands, in the land that the Lord has cursed.”
30. And after he conceived Noah, Lamech lived for five hundred and ninety-five years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
31. And all the days of Lamech that passed were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died. In truth, when Noah was five hundred years old, he conceived Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

## Genesis 5 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Hic est liber generationis Adam. In die qua creavit Deus hominem, ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum.
2. Masculum et feminam creavit eos, et benedixit illis: et vocavit nomen eorum Adam, in die quo creati sunt.
3. Vixit autem Adam centum triginta annis: et genuit ad imaginem et similitudinem suam, vocavitque nomen ejus Seth.
4. Et facti sunt dies Adam, postquam genuit Seth, octingenti anni: genuitque filios et filias.
5. Et factum est omne tempus quod vixit Adam, anni nongenti triginta, et mortuus est.
6. Vixit quoque Seth centum quinque annis, et genuit Enos.
7. Vixitque Seth, postquam genuit Enos, octingentis septem annis, genuitque filios et filias.
8. Et facti sunt omnes dies Seth nongentorum duodecim annorum, et mortuus est.
9. Vixit vero Enos nonaginta annis, et genuit Cainan.
10. Post cujus ortum vixit octingentis quindecim annis, et genuit filios et filias.
11. Factique sunt omnes dies Enos nongenti quinque anni, et mortuus est.
12. Vixit quoque Cainan septuaginta annis, et genuit Malaleel.
13. Et vixit Cainan, postquam genuit Malaleel, octingentis quadraginta annis, genuitque filios et filias.
14. Et facti sunt omnes dies Cainan nongenti decem anni, et mortuus est.
15. Vixit autem Malaleel sexaginta quinque annis, et genuit Jared.
16. Et vixit Malaleel, postquam genuit Jared, octingentis triginta annis, et genuit filios et filias.
17. Et facti sunt omnes dies Malaleel octingenti nonaginta quinque anni, et mortuus est.
18. Vixitque Jared centum sexaginta duobus annis, et genuit Henoch.
19. Et vixit Jared, postquam genuit Henoch, octingentis annis, et genuit filios et filias.
20. Et facti sunt omnes dies Jared nongenti sexaginta duo anni, et mortuus est.
21. Porro Henoch vixit sexaginta quinque annis, et genuit Mathusalam.
22. Et ambulavit Henoch cum Deo: et vixit, postquam genuit Mathusalam, trecentis annis, et genuit filios et filias.
23. Et facti sunt omnes dies Henoch trecenti sexaginta quinque anni.
24. Ambulavitque cum Deo, et non apparuit: quia tulit eum Deus.
25. Vixit quoque Mathusala centum octoginta septem annis, et genuit Lamech.
26. Et vixit Mathusala, postquam genuit Lamech, septingentis octoginta duobus annis, et genuit filios et filias.
27. Et facti sunt omnes dies Mathusala nongenti sexaginta novem anni, et mortuus est.
28. Vixit autem Lamech centum octoginta duobus annis, et genuit filium:
29. vocavitque nomen ejus Noë, dicens: Iste consolabitur nos ab operibus et laboribus manuum nostrarum in terra, cui maledixit Dominus.
30. Vixitque Lamech, postquam genuit Noë, quingentis nonaginta quinque annis, et genuit filios et filias.
31. Et facti sunt omnes dies Lamech septingenti septuaginta septem anni, et mortuus est. Noë vero cum quingentorum esset annorum, genuit Sem, Cham et Japheth.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2331: "Male and Female He Created Them . . ." ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2335: "Male and Female He Created Them . . ." ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2569: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).