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Genesis 5 English Standard Version (ESV)

Adam's Descendants to Noah

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. ² Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man^[a] when they were created. ³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. ⁴ The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. ⁷ Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. ⁸ Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. ¹⁰ Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. ¹³ Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.
¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. ¹⁶ Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.
¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered Enoch. ¹⁹ Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
²¹ When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. ²² Enoch walked with God^[b] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not,^[c] for God took him.
²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. ²⁶ Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son ²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief^[d] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” ³⁰ Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
³² After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

               Admit it you use usually skip this kind of passage.

This passage has been taken many ways. First many have added up the ages of everyone to come up with an exact age of the Earth. I don't see it, because genealogies in scriptures, such as Matthew 1, have been known to skip generations. Notice that there are ten names. Ten in biblical numerology means many, but not complete. So, this is showing us many generations passed between Seth and Noah.

Notice the place of this genealogy is between the first murder and the flood.

Notice Adam had other children besides Cain Abel, and Seth so I think this explains where Cain got his wife. sure incest was frowned upon but Cain didn't have much choice did he.

This also shows the sad result of the fall with the statement "and he died"at the end of each of their entries.

notice that Enoch great grandfather Enoch's entry ends with  "Enoch walked with God, and he was not,^[c] for God took him."  so he is the only person other than Elijah to never have died. now the Greek word for walked is "halak" which means not only to walk around and also how you live, not that Enoch was sinless but he tried his best to be righteous. He wasn't walking with God to earn salvation, instead he was saying thank you for God's grace which is undeserved

Don't skip genealogies because when you look closer there is much to mine.