genesis: chapter 5... that's my dad.

This is the book of the genealogy of Adam... (1:1)

It's the proven line generation by generation from Adam to Noah. Let's keep this one short and easy.

• I learned how to spell geneaology. it has an "a" in it. Who knew?
• Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him (5:24). Common assent is that Enoch flew straight up to Heaven. Lucky duck.
• Methuselah lived longer than anybody else ever: he died at 969 years old. Bible trivia!
• Noah's dad named him that because I guess Noah means "comfort" and his dad said "this one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands" (5:29).  That's nice. We named our girl Phoebe because in Romans 16:1 there was a Phoebe who was a helper of many (plus Phoebe Caulfield is my favorite character in any book). Elliot Abraham is our son's name. Elliot is the French form of Elijah which means "Jehovah is God", and Abraham is the father of our faith. Names are cool.

 The funny thing is, all these people are listed in this book but they are just names in black and white there. Each one of these people had a long life on a new-ish planet. Did they think they were noteworthy?  I think they're pretty noteworthy even if we don't know anything about them. Their name is in the BIBLE. The ACTUAL BIBLE. So I try not to skim those parts. I mean, it's in there, and they were alive. I should give them their due respect.