Shalom, everyone! The following is a diagram of the ten generations from Adam to Noah (Noach), based upon the accounts of the Book of Genesis (Bereshith) in the Tanakh, the Book of Jasher, and the Book of Jubilees. Additional information on each generation is available in the table below this diagram. Please click twice on the diagram to expand to full size:
The Ten Generations from Adam to Noah:
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Descendants of Cain | Descendants of Seth | |
Third | Enoch: Had issue:
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Enosh and Noam: Enosh married his sister Noam, and had issue (Jubilees 4:13-14):
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Fourth | Irad: Had issue:
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Kenan and Mualeleth: Kenan married his sister Mualeleth and (Jubilees 4:14) had issue (Jasher 2: 16):
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Fifth | Mehuyael: Had issue:
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Mahalel: Married Dinah, daughter of Baraki’el, his father’s brother (Jubilees 4:15), and had issue:
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Sixth | Methusael: Had issue:
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Jared: Married Baraka, the daughter of Rasujal, his father’s brother (Jubilees 4:16), and had issue:
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Seventh | Lamech: Married Adah and Zillah, the two daughters of Kenan, grandson of Seth, and had issue:
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Enoch: Married Edni, daughter of Danel, his father’s brother (Jubilees 4:20), and had issue (Jasher 3:13):
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Eighth | No information recorded in the Books of Genesis, Jasher or Jubilees. | Methuselah: Married Edna, the daughter of Azrial, his father’s brother (Jubilees 4:27) and had issue:
Elishaa: Also known as Baraki’il, had issue:
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Ninth | No information recorded in the Books of Genesis, Jasher or Jubilees. | Lamech: Married Betenos/Ashmua, daughter of Baraki’il/Elishaa, his father’s brother (Jubilees 4:28/Jasher 4:11), and had issue:
Eliakim: Had issue (Jasher 5:35):
Rake’el: Had issue (Jubilees 4:33):
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Tenth | No information recorded in the Books of Genesis, Jasher or Jubilees. All the descendants of Cain after Lamech are presumed to have died out in the Great Flood. | Noah: Married Emzara, daughter of Rake’el (Jubilees 4:33), his father’s brother, and had issue:
Note: Alternatively, Noah‘s wife is listed as Naamah, the younger daughter of Enoch, Noah‘s great-grandfather (Jasher 3:13). The Jasher account also states that she is the mother of Shem and Japheth; Ham‘s birth is not recorded. |