Wycliffe's Bible. John Wycliffe
And Zillah begat Tubalcain, that was an hammer-beater, and [a] smith on all works of brass and of iron (who used a hammer, and was a smith of all things made out of bronze and of iron); forsooth the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
4:23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Ye wives of Lamech, hear my voice, and harken (to) my word(s); for I have slain a man by my wound(ing), and a young waxing man by my violent beating (for I have killed a man with my wounding, and a young man with my violent beatings);
4:24 (if) vengeance shall be given sevenfold of Cain, forsooth of Lamech seventy times seven times. (if vengeance shall be given seven times for Cain, then for Lamech it shall be seventy-seven times.)
4:25 Also yet Adam knew his wife, and she childed a son, and called his name Seth2, and said, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cain killed. (And Adam knew his wife, and she bare a son, and named him Seth, for Eve said, God hath given me another child for Abel, whom Cain killed.)
4:26 But also a son was born to Seth, which son he called Enos; this began to call inwardly the name of the Lord. (And a son was born to Seth, whom he called Enos; and his generation began to inwardly call on the Lord's name.)
CHAPTER 5
5:1 This is the book of the generation(s) of Adam, in the day wherein God made man of nought. God made man to the image and likeness of God; (This is the book of the descendants of Adam. On the day when God made man out of nothing, God made man in the image and likeness of God;)
5:2 God formed them male and female, and blessed them, and called the name of them Adam, in the day in which they were formed. (God formed them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Man, on the day when they were formed.)
5:3 Forsooth Adam lived an hundred years and thirty, and begat a son to his image and likeness, and called his name Seth. (And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and then begat a son in his image and likeness, and called his name Seth.)
5:4 And the days of Adam after that he begat Seth were made eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.
5:5 And all the time in which Adam lived was made nine hundred years and thirty, and he was dead. (And all the time in which Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.)
5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and (then) begat Enos.
5:7 And Seth lived after that he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:8 And all the days of Seth were made nine hundred and twelve years, and (then) he was dead.
5:9 Forsooth Enos lived ninety years, and (then) begat Cainan;
5:10 after whose birth Enos lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:11 And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and (then) he was dead.
5:12 Also Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. (And Cainan lived seventy years, and then begat Mahalaleel.)
5:13 And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:14 And all the days of Cainan were made nine hundred and ten years, and (then) he was dead.
5:15 Forsooth Mahalaleel lived sixty years and five, and begat Jared. (And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and then begat Jared.)
5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after that he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were made eight hundred [and] ninety and five years, and (then) he was dead.
5:18 And Jared lived an hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) begat Enoch.
5:19 And Jared lived after that he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:20 And all the days of Jared were made nine hundred and two and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.
5:21 Forsooth Enoch lived five and sixty years, and (then) begat Methuselah.
5:22 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God); and Enoch lived after that he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and five and sixty years.
5:24 And Enoch went with God (And Enoch walked with God), and appeared not afterward, for God took him away.
5:25 Also Methuselah lived an hundred and seven and eighty years, and begat Lamech. (And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and then begat Lamech.)
5:26 And Methuselah lived after that he begat Lamech seven hundred and two and eighty years, and begat sons and daughters.
5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.
5:28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;
5:29 and [he] called his name Noe3, and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed. (and he called his name Noah, and said, This son shall bring us comfort from all the work and labour of our hands, on the land which the Lord hath cursed.)
5:30 And Lamech lived after that he begat Noe five hundred [and] ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters. (And after that he begat Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters.)
5:31 And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred [and] seventy and seven years, and he was dead. (And all the days of Lamech were made seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and then he died.)
5:32 Forsooth Noe, when he was of five hundred years, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (And Noah, when he was five hundred years old, begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.)
CHAPTER 6
6:1 And when men began to be multiplied on [the] earth, and had begat daughters,
6:2 the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen. (the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and took wives for themselves of all whom they had chosen.)
6:3 And God said, My spirit shall not dwell in man without end, for he is flesh; and the days of him shall be an hundred and twenty years.
6:4 Soothly giants were on the earth in those days, forsooth after that the sons of God entered [in] to the daughters of men, and those daughters begat; these were mighty of the world and famous men (these were the mighty and famous men of the world).
6:5 Soothly God saw that much malice of men was in [the] earth, and that all the thought of their heart was attentive, either given (over), to evil in all time, (And God saw that there was much malice in people on the earth, and that all the thoughts of their hearts were given over to evil all the time,)
6:6 and it repented him that he had made man in (the) earth; and God was wary before against time to coming, and was touched with sorrow of heart within; (and he repented that he had made man on the earth; and God was wary about the time to come, and was touched with sorrow of heart within;)
6:7 and said, I shall do away man, whom I made of nought, from the face of the earth; from man till to living things, from creeping beast till to the birds of (the) heaven(s); for it repenteth me that I made them. (and he said, I shall do away man, whom I made out of nothing, from the face of the earth; from man to beast, from the reptiles to the birds of the air; for I repent that I ever made them.)
6:8 Forsooth Noe found grace before the Lord. (But Noah found grace before