Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 5

GENESIS._ _ 5-4 and thirty years old, gcduced a. repre- spntative of himse , like his own

4 shadow, and ga·vc`him the name of SgnetlmAdJhe»li§1;irx·: of- Ad?r{;, h %r1tlatcrtei o et,wasiegt hundred years, during whibh time sons

5 and daughterswere born to him. S0 the whole lifetime of Adam was uiuc hundred and thirty years when he died. -one hundred. add ive years old when Enosh i· was bom

7 to him. And Sheth, after the birthof Enesh, live? eight hundrad sndusevcn rears, and ad-sons an i ° aug ters

8 {om to him. - And the whole life- time of Sheth wasnine hundred and twelve years, when he died. g And Enosh lived ninety years, 10 when Kenanwas born to him. And XI I2 16 :8 20 21 Enosh,. after the birth of Kenan, lived eight hundred and Efty years, and had eonsand daughters born-to him. Andall the lifetime of·Enosh was nine hundred and i hve years, and he then died. And Kenan lived seventy years

when Mahalalel was born to him. And Kenan, after Mahalalel wasbern to him, lived eighthundred and thirty years, andihad sons and daughters born to him. Scythe whole lifetime of ·Kenan·wns nine hundred andten years; and he died. And Mahalalei living until he was

sixtydivey years of age, -had;]ared born to him; And. Mahalalel, after the birth of jared, lived eight hundred and thirty. years, and suns and daughters were born te him; and the Iwhole lifetime of Mahalalel was eight hundred andninety-hve years, when he died. And- jared lived until he was one

hundred and sixty·twe yearsof age, when Hanok 2 was- borntp him. And after the birth- of Hauok, jared lived eightvrhundred years, and had sons and daughters bornto him; and the whole lifetime- of jared was Y nine hundred and sixty»tw0 years;. and h€'di€d9 ..And_ Hanoi: livedyuntil the age of

sixty—ii.ve years, when. Methuselah

L Enosh, the son of Shethymust not be

confused with the Hanok, the son of. Cain, mentioned in Ch. 4,; v. 17. · They are totally diB`erent.-—F.’F. A _ The barbarous spellingof the old. ‘trans·

laters has confused the genealogies, which I have endeaveured to again eluci ate. was born- to him. And Hanok walked with GOD, after Methuselah had Fbeen born - to him, three hun- dred years, and sons and daughters were born tohim. And the whole lifetime of Hanok was three hundred and sixty—!’ive· years. And Hanok walked with GOD-; and he did not dieGod having taken him to Him- ? se . And Methuselah, having lived until

he was one hundred and ei_ghty·seven f ahad Lamek years o§,_ i born to him; and ethiiselah, after Lamek had been born to him, lived seven hundred and eighty-twoyears, having had sons and daughters bom to him. And the whole lifetime of Methuselah was nine hundred and sixtv-nine years; and he then died. ,Andli Lamek lived until he was one

hundred and eightystwo years <>f asc. whena son was born. to him,_to whom he gave the name of Noah.? saying,. Ho comforts in our labour, and

in the trouble of our hands,. upon the land n which was denounced by the Eva n-1.1vmo·.‘Y, And. Lamek, after Noah was born to him, lived until the age of five hundred and ninety-tive years, sons and daughters being born toihim; 2And the whole lifetimeiof Lamelc; was seven hundred and seventy··seven. years, when hn died. And -N0ah was five hundred years old, when Shem, ‘Ha1n,·and Japheth were born tnhim. $112 Unrwpiinn nf, gankiith.

But when corrupt Men, increased

upon the surface of the Earth, and sous and daughters were born to them, then the sous of Gob admired the daughters of vMen who were beautiful —; and they took t0’¤them- selves wivesfrom all they desired. zz 26 28

Consequently the Eve xgnzvxue sejd, 3 ‘·My spirit shall not call to man for ever,for he is sinful fleshy; but they _shall have a hundred and twenty _ The Nephalim wererupon the earth 4 in those days, and also afterwards when the sons of GOD-cemeto the daughters of men, and they boreyto 1lThis_ Lamek, son of Methuselah,

Isla. totallyrdiiferent person to the Lemek, descended from Cain, and mentioned in Chu}, V.33·-·-F. -F. V 2 Noah, meaning Comfort.—·F. F. l