CAP. V.
[verse 1] This is the book of generacioun [the generacioun GOXd.] of Adam, in the dai wher ynne God made man of nouȝt. God made man to the [Om. D.] [verse 2] ymage and licnesse of God; God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed. [verse 3] Forsothe Adam lyuede an hundrid ȝeer and thretti, and gendride a sone to his ymage and liknesse, and clepide his name Seth. [verse 4] And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiȝte hun|drid ȝeer [ȝeris I.] , and he gendride sones and douȝtris. [verse 5] And al the tyme in which Adam lyuede was maad nyne hundrid ȝeer and thretti, and he was deed. [verse 6] Also [And EKM.] Seth lyuede an hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and gen|dride Enos. [verse 7] And Seth lyuede aftir that he gendride Enos eiȝte hundrid and seuen ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. [verse 8] And alle the [Om. ELP.] daies of Seth weren maad nyne hundrid and twelue ȝeer, and he was deed. [verse 9] Forsothe Enos lyuede nynti ȝeer [nynti ȝeer, that is, foure score ȝeer and ten KN.] , and [verse 10] gendride Caynan; aftir whos birthe Enos lyuede eiȝte hundrid and fiftene ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. [verse 11] And alle the daies of Enos weren maad nyne hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and he was deed. [verse 12] Also Caynan lyuyde seuenti ȝeer, and gendride Malalehel. [verse 13] And Caynan lyuede after that he gendride Malalehel eiȝte hundrid and fourti ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris.