So now let's look at Adam and his family line,
When God created humanity he created them in his image,
Male and female, without any damage,
(This was prior to sin having its carnage)
He blessed them and to them he assigned,
From the moment of creating them the label mankind
Adam was 130 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Seth was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 800 years did Adam live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 930 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Seth was 105 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Enosh was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 807 years did Seth live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 912 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Enosh was 90 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Kenan was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 815 years did Enosh live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 905 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Kenan was 70 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Mahalalel was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 840 years did Kenan live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 910 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Mahalalel was 65 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Jared was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 830 years did Mahalalel live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 895 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Jared was 162 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Enoch was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 800 years did Jared live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 962 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Enoch was 65 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Methuselah was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 300 years did Enoch walk,
In God with faithfulness, he did more than mere talk.
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give,
While living for God was his motivation to live.
Then after a grand total of 365 years to a day
He was then no more for God took him away.
Methuselah was 187 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Lamech was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
For another 782 years did Methuselah live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 969 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
Lamech was 182 years old,
This story can be told,
When in his image he had a son,
His family growing one by one,
Noah was the name given to him,
So we write this narrative with some vim,
Lamech said Noah would provide comfort by his hand,
To the people suffering in the cursed land
For another 595 years did Lamech live,
Many sons and daughters to birth he did give.
Then after a grand total of 777 years in all,
Like the way of all men to death he did fall.
After half a millennium, or five hundred years,
Noah had thee sons and gave three cheers.
Shem, Ham and Japeth he did name these three.
That was his official decree,
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