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[1]This is the book of generacioun of Adam, in the dai wher ynne God made man of nouyt. God made man to the ymage and licnesse of God;
[2]God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed.
[3]Forsothe Adam lyuede an hundrid yeer and thretti, and gendride a sone to his ymage and liknesse, and clepide his name Seth.
[4]And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiyte hundrid yeer, and he gendride sones and douytris.
[5]And al the tyme in which Adam lyuede was maad nyne hundrid yeer and thretti, and he was deed.
[6]Also Seth lyuede an hundrid and fyue yeer, and gendride Enos.
[7]And Seth lyuede aftir that he gendride Enos eiyte hundrid and seuen yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[8]And alle the daies of Seth weren maad nyne hundrid and twelue yeer, and he was deed.
[9]Forsothe Enos lyuede nynti yeer, and gendride Caynan;
[10]aftir whos birthe Enos lyuede eiyte hundrid and fiftene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[11]And alle the daies of Enos weren maad nyne hundrid and fyue yeer, and he was deed.
[12]Also Caynan lyuyde seuenti yeer, and gendride Malalehel.
[13]And Caynan lyuede after that he gendride Malalehel eiyte hundrid and fourti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[14]And alle the dayes of Caynan weren maad nyn hundrid and ten yeer, and he was deed.
[15]Forsothe Malalehel lyuede sixti yeer and fyue, and gendride Jared.
[16]And Malalehel lyuede aftir that he gendride Jared eiyte hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[17]And alle the daies of Malalehel weren maad eiyte hundrid nynti and fyue yeer, and he was deed.
[18]And Jared lyuede an hundrid and two and sixti yeer, and gendride Enoth.
[19]And Jared lyuede aftir that he gendride Enoth eiyte hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[20]And alle the dayes of Jared weren maad nyn hundrid and twei and sexti yeer, and he was deed.
[21]Forsothe Enoth lyuede fyue and sixti yeer, and gendride Matusalem.
[22]And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[23]And alle the daies of Enoth weren maad thre hundride and fyue and sexti yeer.
[24]And Enoth yeed with God, and apperide not afterward, for God took hym awei.
[25]Also Matusalem lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and seuene, and gendride Lameth.
[26]And Matusalem lyuede after that he gendride Lameth seuene hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and twei, and gendride sones and douytris.
[27]And alle the daies of Matusale weren maad nyn hundrid and nyn and sixti yeer, and he was deed.
[28]Forsothe Lameth lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and two, and gendride a sone;
[29]and clepide his name Noe, and seide, This man schal comforte vs of the werkis and traueilis of oure hondis, in the loond which the Lord curside.
[30]And Lameth lyuede after that he gendride Noe fyue hundrid `nynti and fyue yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
[31]And alle the daies of Lameth weren maad seuene hundrid `thre scoor and seuentene yeer, and he was deed.
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