And that is how the universe was created. When the LORD God made the universe,

This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.

This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,

This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."

These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.