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days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty years: and he died. And Seth lived an hundred and five years and begat
Enos: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and
twelve years: and he died. And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: And
Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat
sons and daughters: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years:
and he died. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: And Cainan
lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons
and daughters: And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and
he died. And Mahalaleel lived sixty five years and begat Jared: And
Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and he
had sons and daughters: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and
ninety five years, and he died. And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two
years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred
years, and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared were nine
hundred sixty and two years, and he died. And Enoch lived sixty and five
years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days
of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God
and he was not; for God took him. And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and
seven years, and he begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech
seven hundred eighty and two years, and he begat sons and daughters: And all
the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years, and he died.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years and begat a son: And he
called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us, concerning our work
and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. And
Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and he
begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred

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seventy and seven years: and he died.". With only one exception, Enoch, you
should have noted that the Genesis 5 citations each ended with 'and he died'.
Enoch was translated by God and did not die, he was trichotomous, and is the
reason I labeled this genealogical list as trichotomous.
    It is interesting to note that in Genesis 4 each of the begats did not
carry the statement as to lengths of lives. There were no statements like
'and he died'. Is this an oversight on God's part? Is this a change in
writing style? I hardly think so when one genealogy flows into the other. I
think it is exactly as intended, and in truth, the members of the dichotomous
genealogy were denied the deaths allowed to the members of the trichotomous
genealogy.
    Remember that Cain was not 'restricted to quarters' but was nomadic. As
such, he and his clan would have come into contact with Seth's clan. The
Cainites and the Sethites had ample opportunity to inter-marry, not only
physically but also spiritually. If the Cainite Lamech was more evil by the
order of 11 than Cain, then it was an extremely bad day when the Sethites came
into contact with them.
    Genesis 5:1-2 says, "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the
day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female
created he them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were
created.". With these two verses preceding the trichotomous genealogy, it is
understandable that this genealogy could be referred to as the sons of God in
chapter 6. It would appear that the creation restatement between chapters 4
and 5 was not haphazard but purposeful and meant to aid our understanding in
chapter 6.
    Genesis 6:1-8 tells us: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of
God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of
all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and

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