Genesis 5:1-32

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So often, we can read genealogy as a deck of cards in our hand. We look at one, study it, and then pass on to the next. Though we know it is not true, we almost imagine the 930 full years of Adam's life, before we move on to consider Seth's. However, examining genealogy is more like placing all the cards on the table, looking at them together and considering how they interact. The above chart is my attempt to "put all the cards on the table."

Some interesting points to note:

Adam, Seth and Enoch all saw the life of everyone listed in Genesis 5 except Noah. (Adam missed by 126 years. Enoch missed by 69 years. Seth missed by 14 years.)

Clearly all deaths are not recorded here (consider Adam outliving Abel), but of the men listed in chapter 5, Methuselah is the first case of a father seeing his son's death.

Methuselah died the year of the flood.