16. Mahalalel had more children
17. and died at the age of eight hundred and ninety-five.
18. When Jared was one hundred and sixty-two, he had a son named Enoch.
19. Jared had more children
20. and died at the age of nine hundred and sixty-two.
21. When Enoch was sixty-five, he had a son named Methuselah,
22. and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
23-24. and God took him away at the age of three hundred and sixty-five.
25. When Methuselah was one hundred and eighty-seven, he had a son named Lamech.
26. Methuselah had more children
27. and died at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine.
28. When Lamech was one hundred and eighty-two, he had a son.
29. Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse.”