20. Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.
21. When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
22. After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
23. Enoch lived 365 years,
24. walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.
25. When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
26. After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
27. Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
28. When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.
29. Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the lord has cursed.”