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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "kind": "event",
  "id": "adam-to-noah",
  "era": "beginnings",
  "order": 5,
  "title": "From Adam to Noah",
  "group": "creation-and-fall",
  "date": {
    "kind": "none",
    "label": ""
  },
  "summary": "Cain’s descendants build a city and develop herding, music and metalwork, while Lamech boasts of his revenge. Through Seth, people begin to call on the name of the LORD, and the family line runs from Adam through Enoch, who walked with God, to Noah.",
  "context": "Genesis 4–5 follows two family lines. The long lifespans in Genesis 5 are not used here to calculate dates.",
  "question": "Why does Genesis pause the story for family lines, and what stands out in them?",
  "passages": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:17–5:32",
      "range": [
        1004017,
        1005032
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204%3A17%E2%80%935%3A32&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 17,
          "text": "And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 18,
          "text": "Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 19,
          "text": "And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 20,
          "text": "Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 21,
          "text": "And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 22,
          "text": "And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 23,
          "text": "Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 24,
          "text": "If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 25,
          "text": "And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 4,
          "verse": 26,
          "text": "And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 1,
          "text": "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 2,
          "text": "Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 3,
          "text": "When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 4,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 5,
          "text": "So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 6,
          "text": "When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 7,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 8,
          "text": "So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 9,
          "text": "When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 10,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 11,
          "text": "So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 12,
          "text": "When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 13,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 14,
          "text": "So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 15,
          "text": "When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 16,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 17,
          "text": "So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 18,
          "text": "When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 19,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 20,
          "text": "So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 21,
          "text": "When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 22,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 23,
          "text": "So Enoch lived a total of 365 years."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 24,
          "text": "Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 25,
          "text": "When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 26,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 27,
          "text": "So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 28,
          "text": "When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 29,
          "text": "And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”"
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 30,
          "text": "And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 31,
          "text": "So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died."
        },
        {
          "book": "Genesis",
          "chapter": 5,
          "verse": 32,
          "text": "After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "range": [
        42003036,
        42003038
      ],
      "kind": "parallel",
      "note": "Luke traces Jesus’ ancestry back through Noah and Seth to Adam.",
      "reference": "Luke 3:36–38",
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%203%3A36%E2%80%9338&version=BSB"
    },
    {
      "range": [
        58011005,
        58011005
      ],
      "kind": "teaching",
      "note": "Enoch was taken up because he pleased God.",
      "reference": "Hebrews 11:5",
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2011%3A5&version=BSB"
    }
  ],
  "places": [],
  "mapPeriod": "primeval",
  "further": [],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "editorial",
        "ref": "content/authored/beginnings.json"
      }
    ],
    "review": "draft"
  },
  "eraName": "Beginnings",
  "interactiveUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?event=adam-to-noah",
  "attribution": [
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/adam-to-noah/",
  "markdownUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/adam-to-noah/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/adam-to-noah/index.json",
  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "cb1b8d2d04f94bf7"
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