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Enoch 8walked with God, and he was not,c9for God took him.
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
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Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
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When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son
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and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground 10that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us reliefd from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."
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Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
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After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered 11Shem, Ham, and 12Japheth.