What happensPermalink
A genealogy from Adam to Noah and his children. Enoch is taken up to God rather than dying. Every man is extremely long-lived.
Why it mattersPermalink
Since Noah will be the father of all the living, the connection to Adam through Seth makes all humans sons of Seth. As Matthew 1 proclaims, Jesus too is descended from Adam through this line.
Key versePermalink
[Lamech] called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”