21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 5:22-24, hitpael

In the next lessons I’m going to finish off the first Parshah of Genesis. I have only a few verses in each lesson but no vocabulary; I want you to to try using a dictionary, like Harkavy’s which is free online, to look up words you don’t know.

כב וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ חֲנ֜וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

כג וַיְהִ֖י כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חֲנ֑וֹךְ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁל֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה:

כד וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ חֲנ֖וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ כִּֽי־לָקַ֥ח אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים:   ס

Chanokh would go around with Gd – after his siring M’tushelach – 300 years; he sired sons and daughters.

It must have been all the years of Chanokh -- 563 years –

That Chanokh was going around with Gd; but he was not [there], Gd taking him.

Use of hitpael in these verses points you in two directions. One is the reciprocal feature -- that Chanokh constantly associated with Gd. That’s the good one.

But hitpael implies continuous repetition and Midrash Rabbah Breshit 25:1 comments that Chanokh was not consistent in his good behavior. To keep him from swinging more and more in the negative direction, Gd took him out of this world.

Notice that last little ki- substantivization, using laqach. You probably think that this phrase refers to an action, but it refers to a situation.

Usually eyn “not” takes a sort of predicate. In Genesis 11 it says of Sarah eyn la valad, “she had no child.” Here the sort of predicate is the object suffix, which is masculine singular. But at least in Genesis 11 it says who did not have, Sarah. Here it doesn’t say who. Generally this is the idea of “there was no”, so “there was none of him”, “he was not there.”

What literally happened to Chanokh is one of the big mysteries of Torah. This might be what Axel Olrik called a survival, meaning that there was once a more elaborate story about what happened to Chanokh. As time went on and the oral tradition grew and the culture changed, what happened to Chanokh became less and less important, people stopped calling for the story, and finally only this tag line remained. Why it did survive is another mystery that I’m not going to dig into.

21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Grammar review #5

Again, try to remember at least one fact about each of the following topics.  The last grammar review was almost a year ago.

Akhal in qal

Oblique modality structure
Sequential -ah
Aspectless verbs and "on demand" action
Commandments
Va-y’hi plus time expression at the start of an episode
Et; example with a modified name
Chelev
Minchah
Va-y’hi plus time expression plus narrative past
Hufal  agentless banyan
Hitpael alternating banyan
Duplicate conditional negation
Iron archaeology
Yoled and narrative necessity

If you can remember just one thing about each of these subjects, give yourself a reward, such as a week off. I’ll keep posting but you might need a brain break.

Knitting -- it's all my sister's fault

Actually, it's her husband's fault. Once years ago, he asked me why people didn't knit bottomwear. He meant skirts and pants.

Well, they do. If you go over to the DROPS site, you'll see mostly miniskirts.

And on freevintageknitting.com, you can find skirts in fingering weight yarn, flared, ribbed, and straight.

This pattern should fit you if you have a 40 inch bust and comparable hips. I am pear shaped and it was a little large around the waist, so if you are apple-shaped, the stitch counts may still work for you.

This has to be worked in fingering weight yarn. A linen or blend like Lindy Chain is best because it is a fairly hard yarn and won’t wear out in the seat so fast. All the skirt patterns on freevintageknitting.com are in fingering weight.

I needed 10 skeins of yarn to get the skirt to mid-shin. There are 180 yards in 50 grams of Lindy Chain.

Use a size 1 needle with a 32-inch tether to allow for flaring the skirt. A hard-spun wool yarn should be worked on size 2.

Use pit (Irish cottage) style knitting for this, even if you haven’t used it before. Once you get used to it, you should be able to knit quicker than either Continental or English style.

I have a mid-back elevation after the waistband to deal with the fact that I have a butt.

This skirt starts with a side closure, then joins up four inches below the waist and from there it is knit in the round.

Cable on 320 stitches.

Work seed stitch (K1/P1) to the end, turn, work one more row seed stitch. This counts as your first two rows.
Turn. You are now knitting on what will be the left back of the skirt, and you will start working the flap that will be tucked inside at the closure.
Do 2 seed stitches, K18, set a marker for the end of the flap. Finish this row in seed stitch.
Turn, work seed stitch to the marker, P18, 2 seed stitches.
Repeat these two instructions for a total of 10 rows for the waistband.
Turn, work the flap as you have done, KF/B to increase at left back, K74 to the middle back, set a marker, and do your elevation:
Knit 19 stitches past marker, turn, wrap yarn
Purl 39. Turn, wrap yarn
Knit 58, turn, wrap yarn
Purl 77. Turn, wrap yarn
Knit 96, turn, wrap yarn
Purl 115, turn, wrap yarn.

K74 past the middle back marker, in stitch 75 KF/B, set marker for righthand “seam”, KF/B, K74 to center front, set marker, knit to and including 4^th stitch from last, KF/B in 3^rd stitch from last, set marker for left side front (this will be on top of the flap when you use the tab to close the skirt), 2 seed stitch.

From this point you are going to finish the flap while increasing the skirt.

Turn, 2 seed stitch, purl to end, 2 seed stitch at end of flap.
Turn, 2 seed stitch, knit to end, 2 seed stitch at end of row.
Repeat the last two instructions one more time and then on the next knit row, work KF/B at the left front marker, left back marker, and one on each side of the righthand marker.
Repeat working stockinette and increase rounds until you increase at row 37. Work 1 purl row.

In next row (39), bind off the first 19 stitches on the flap that you will tuck inside.

Turn, purl the last stitch of the flap together with the seed stitch at the end of the other needle.
Turn, wrap stitch, knit around to complete the first solid round of the skirt.
From this point you will not work seed stitch again until the hem.
From now until round 100, you will knit 5 rounds and then do an increase round.
Round 100 should be just at the bottom of your butt.

Now decide how fast you want to increase in the rest of the skirt. Pick one:

1)         Knit all rounds without increasing for a straight skirt;
2)         Knit 11 rounds and then 1 increase round for a wide flare like a poodle skirt.

For a 25-inch skirt, work a total of 270 rows;

For a 31-inch skirt, work 310 rows.

Work the last two rows in seed stitch for a hem.

Go back and sew the inside flap to the inside left front to prevent stress on the joining stitch.
Sew a tab at the top of the closure.

As you can see from the photo, the flare is very slight.

 

I tried it on over shorts I was wearing at the time and the stitch counts worked out. It is quite loose, which you want in a lightweight summer skirt. I can always add belt carriers and a thin belt or set the tab far enough beyond the inside flap to keep it from feeling like it will drop off.

This took a month. Sewing a skirt goes much faster and you have a wider range of options for both skirt design and fabric pattern. Still, the proof of concept was worthwhile.

21st Century Bible Hebrew -- yoled

Genesis 5:1-21

 

א זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תּֽוֹלְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם בְּרֹ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אָדָ֔ם בִּדְמ֥וּת אֱלֹהִ֖ים עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ:

ב זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בְּרָאָ֑ם וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָ֗ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָם֙ אָדָ֔ם בְּי֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָֽם:

ג וַיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת:

ד וַֽיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־אָדָ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ה וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־חַ֔י תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס 

ו וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֕ת חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנֽוֹשׁ:

ז וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ת אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אֱנ֔וֹשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ח וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

ט וַיְחִ֥י אֱנ֖וֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־קֵינָֽן:

י וַיְחִ֣י אֱנ֗וֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־קֵינָ֔ן חֲמֵ֤שׁ עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יא וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י אֱנ֔וֹשׁ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יב וַיְחִ֥י קֵינָ֖ן שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל:

יג וַיְחִ֣י קֵינָ֗ן אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יד וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י קֵינָ֔ן עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

טו וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד:

טז וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יז וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יח וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֕רֶד שְׁתַּ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ:

יט וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֗רֶד אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־חֲנ֔וֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

כ וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁתַּ֤יִם וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

כא וַיְחִ֣י חֲנ֔וֹךְ חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח:

 

Notice the verb va-yoled. This is not yivaled which was used of Qain’s son, and so it doesn’t reflect some kind of decree.

 

It’s not progressive qal yoled. That verb has a tseire and this one has segol.

 

Yoled shows up again in Genesis 11 with the descendants of Shem. It also shows up in Judges 11:1 and Chronicles I 1:34. In Judges, it says that Yiftach’s mother was a prostitute and immediately it says gilad yoled et yiftach. In  Chronicles, it says avraham yoled yitschaq.

 

Judges pins the fatherhood of Yiftach on Gilad. Chronicles pins the fatherhood of Yitschaq on Avraham.

 

Here in Genesis chapters 5, yoled pins down a series of biological fathers and sons, first leading to Noach. Eventually (Genesis 6) we find that Noach was tamim in his generations. This means there’s an unbroken male line leading to him. How is that important?

 

Because in Genesis 11, the tamim line leads from Noach to Avraham, whose descendants Yitschaq and Yaaqov will bequeathe the Holy Land to their descendants.

 

21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 5:1-21 vocab

Genesis 5:1-21

א זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תּֽוֹלְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם בְּרֹ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אָדָ֔ם בִּדְמ֥וּת אֱלֹהִ֖ים עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ:

ב זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בְּרָאָ֑ם וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָ֗ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָם֙ אָדָ֔ם בְּי֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָֽם:

ג וַיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת:

ד וַֽיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־אָדָ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ה וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־חַ֔י תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס 

ו וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֕ת חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנֽוֹשׁ:

ז וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ת אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אֱנ֔וֹשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ח וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

ט וַיְחִ֥י אֱנ֖וֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־קֵינָֽן:

י וַיְחִ֣י אֱנ֗וֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־קֵינָ֔ן חֲמֵ֤שׁ עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יא וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י אֱנ֔וֹשׁ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יב וַיְחִ֥י קֵינָ֖ן שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל:

יג וַיְחִ֣י קֵינָ֗ן אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יד וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י קֵינָ֔ן עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

טו וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד:

טז וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יז וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יח וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֕רֶד שְׁתַּ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ:

יט וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֗רֶד אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־חֲנ֔וֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

כ וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁתַּ֤יִם וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

כא וַיְחִ֣י חֲנ֔וֹךְ חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח:

 

סֵפֶר	Count, enumeration, book
שְׁלֹשִׁים	thirty
שְׁמֹנֶה	eight
תְּשַׁע	nine
חָמֵשׁ	five
שֶׁבַע	seven
שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה	twelve
תִּשְׁעִים	ninety
חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה	fifteen
אַרְבָּעִים	forthy
שִׁשִּׁים	sixty

Garden -- groom your lawn

In my town, we're close to a drought. Rainfall is little and not very often.

My grass is dormant. I refuse to torment it by mowing it. If you are in this situation and still mowing, you are creating future bare spots. Stop it.

Meanwhile, you still have to groom. Not forget-me-not. Leave it there for ground cover.

What you can't leave alone are seedling trees and Rose of Sharon. Get up early before it gets hot, take a bottle of water and ice with you, and go over the whole lawn looking for little non-grass things. (If you have violets, leave them there. They are pretty, they are edible for humans, and they feed fritillary butterfly caterpillars.)

Pull up the seedlings. This is especially important with redbud and Rose of Sharon. Once a Rose seedling gets more than 6 inches tall, you will have to dig out the roots. Before that point, you can pull them out by hand. Trash them.

If you actually have Rose of Sharon growing in your landscaping, groom around them and pick up those fallen flower pods. Those are future seedlings -- many many of them -- and you also have to trash the pods.

Also those pretty white flowers on the vines -- look up photos of bindweed or ranunculus. That's what you have. They are a kind of morning glory and they will take over unless you keep after them. Pull them up and trash them. Same for Virginia creeper which will try to grow along your walls, and woodbine which will grow up through your hedges.

And weeds. Every year there seems to be a different weed trying to dominate my yard. Last year it was chickweed. This year it's sourgrass, that fake clover that has yellow flowers. I compost that.

My other project this year is this. Last year we had record rainfall and it was all I could do to keep up with the grass. I let English ivy and periwinkle get out of control. So far this year I have sent out about 15 of those tall yard waste bags full of vines and even roots that I have pulled up. I cleared several inches at the edges of my grassplot and next to a city sidewalk, and now I'm going for total clearance.

The one thing I am NOT doing is pruning. That's for winter. Pruning now will get rid of your azalea buds, the euonymus berries that the birds want for food this winter, and will only produce new growth on your privet. Leave the azalea alone until right after the blooms fall next year. Prune the euonymus when the berries are gone, and the privet between mid-January and the end of March.

This is all great exercise, which I need a lot. My brother even noticed that I had lost weight after about three months of it. And I only did 15-30 minutes of work a day.

Try it.

21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 5:1-21

Genesis 5:1-21

Don’t have a cow, man. If you go slowly through these verses, you will see a) that you have already seen most of the words and b) some of the words repeat. I’ll give you the vocabulary list next week.

א זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תּֽוֹלְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם בְּרֹ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אָדָ֔ם בִּדְמ֥וּת אֱלֹהִ֖ים עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ:

ב זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בְּרָאָ֑ם וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָ֗ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָם֙ אָדָ֔ם בְּי֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָֽם:

ג וַיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת:

ד וַֽיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־אָדָ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ה וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־חַ֔י תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס 

ו וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֕ת חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנֽוֹשׁ:

ז וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ת אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אֱנ֔וֹשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

ח וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

ט וַיְחִ֥י אֱנ֖וֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־קֵינָֽן:

י וַיְחִ֣י אֱנ֗וֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־קֵינָ֔ן חֲמֵ֤שׁ עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יא וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י אֱנ֔וֹשׁ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יב וַיְחִ֥י קֵינָ֖ן שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל:

יג וַיְחִ֣י קֵינָ֗ן אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יד וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י קֵינָ֔ן עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

טו וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד:

טז וַיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

יז וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

יח וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֕רֶד שְׁתַּ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ:

יט וַֽיְחִי־יֶ֗רֶד אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֽוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־חֲנ֔וֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת:

כ וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁתַּ֤יִם וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת:   ס  

כא וַיְחִ֣י חֲנ֔וֹךְ חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח:

 

This is the book of the generations of Adam; on the day of Gd creating Adam, in the likeness of Gd He made him.

Male and female He created them; He blessed them and named them Adam on the day of creating them.
Adam must have lived 130 years when he sired in his likeness according to his image; he named him Shet.
The days of Adam’s life after he sired Shet must have been 800 years; he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Adam that he lived must have been 930 years; he died.
Shet must have lived 105 years when he sired Enosh.
Shet must have lived after he sired Enosh -- 807 years -- for he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Shet were 912 years; he died.
Enosh must have lived 90 years when he sired Qeynan.
Enosh must have lived after he sired Qeynan -- 815 years -- for he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Enosh were 905 years; he died.
Qeynan must have lived 70 years when sired Mahalalel.
Qeynan must have lived after he sired Mahalalel -- 840 years -- for he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Qeynan were 910 years; he died.
Mahalalel must have lived 65 years when he sired Yered.
Mahalalel must have lived after he sired Yered -- 830 years -- for he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Mahalalel were 895 years; he died.
Yered must have lived 162 years when he sired Chanokh.
Yered must have lived after he sired Chanokh -- 800 years -- for he sired sons and daughters.
All the days of Yered were 962 years; he died.
Chanokh must have lived 65 years when he sired Metushelach.