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and daughters. ⁵And al the time that Adam liued, came to nine hundred and thirtie yeares, and he died. ⁶Seth also liued a hundred fiue yeares, and begat Enos. ⁷And Seth liued after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seuen yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ⁸And al the dayes of Seth came to nine hundred & twelue yeares, and he died. ⁹And Enos liued nintie yeares, and begat Cainan. ¹⁰After whose birth he liued eight hundred & fiftene yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ¹¹And al the dayes of Enos came to nine hundred and fiue yeares, and he died. ¹²Cainan also liued seuentie yeares, & begat Malaleel. ¹³And Cainan liued after he begat Malaleel, eight hundred & fourtie yeares, and begat sonnes & daughters. ¹⁴And al the dayes of Cainan came to nine hundred and ten yeares, and he died. ¹⁵And Malaleel liued sixtie fiue yeares, and begat Iared. ¹⁶And Malaleel liued after he begat Iared, eight hundred and thirtie yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ¹⁷And al the dayes of Malaleel came to eight hundred nyntie fiue yeares, & he died. ¹⁸And Iared liued a hundred sixtie two yeares, and begat Enoch. ¹⁹And Iared liued after he begat Enoch eight hundred yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ²⁰And al the dayes of Iared came to nine hundred sixtie two yeares, & he died. ²¹Moreouer Enoch liued sixtie fiue yeares, & begat Mathusala. ²²And Enoch^[1] walked with God: & liued after he begat Mathusala, three hundred yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ²³And al the dayes of Enoch came to three hundred sixtie fiue yeares. ²⁴And he walked with God, and was seene no more: because God^[2] tooke him. ²⁵Mathusala also liued a hundred eightie seuen yeares, & begat Lamech. ²⁶And Mathusala liued, after he begat Lamech, seuen hundred eightie two yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ²⁷And al the dayes of Mathusala came to^[3] nyne hundred sixtie nine yeares, & he died. ²⁸And Lamech liued a hundred eightie two yeares, and begat a sonne: ²⁹and he called his name Noe, saying: This sonne shal comfort vs from the workes & labours of our handes on the earth, which our Lord cursed. ³⁰And Lamech liued, after he begat Noe, fiue hundred nintie fiue yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. ³¹And al the dayes of Lamech came to seuen hundred seuentie seuen yeares, and he died. And^[4] Noe when he was fiue hundred yeares olde, begat Sem, Cham, and Iaphat.

1. This Hebrew phrase walked with God, signifieth that he liued wel & pleased God.
2. The seuentie two Interpreters say, God translated him and so doth S. Paul. Heb. 11.
3. This is the longest life of al here recited But if we consider that Adam was as strong of bodie, the first day he was created, as these others were at the age of 60. yeares (before which, none are said to haue begot children) and so subtract 60. yeares from Mathusala, then Adam liued in mans, state longer then he by 21. yeares.
4. The second prophecie before Masse on Easter Eue.