- Genesis 5:25
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־לָמֶךְ׃
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he begot Lamech.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲיָא מְתוּשֶׁלַח מְאָה וּתְמָנַן וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין וְאוֹלֵיד יָת לָמֶךְ׃
Mesushelach lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and he had a son Lemech.
- Genesis 5:26
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת׃
After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and begot sons and daughters.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲיָא מְתוּשֶׁלַח בָּתַר דְּאוֹלֵיד יָת לֶמֶךְ שְׁבַע מְאָה וּתְמָנַן וְתַרְתֵּין שְׁנִין וְאוֹלֵיד בְּנִין וּבְנָן׃
After he had Lemech, Mesushelach lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he had sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:27
וַיִּהְיוּ כׇּל־יְמֵי מְתוּשֶׁלַח תֵּשַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹת׃
All the days of Methuselah came to 969 years; then he died.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲווֹ כָּל יוֹמֵי מְתוּשֶׁלַח תְּשַׁע מְאָה וְשִׁתִּין וּתְשַׁע שְׁנִין וּמִית׃
All the days of Mesushelach were nine hundred and sixty-nine, and he died.
- Genesis 5:28
וַיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בֵּן׃
When Lamech had lived 182 years, he begot a son.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲיָא לֶמֶךְ מְאָה וּתְמָנַן וְתַרְתֵּין שְׁנִין וְאוֹלֵיד בַּר׃
Lemech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and had a son.
- Genesis 5:29
וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ נֹחַ לֵאמֹר זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ מִמַּעֲשֵׂנוּ וּמֵעִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵרְרָהּ יְהֹוָה׃
And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will provide us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands, out of the very soil that GOD placed under a curse.”
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרָא יָת שְׁמֵיהּ נֹחַ לְמֵימַר דֵּין יְנַחֲמִנַּנָא מֵעוּבָדַנָא וּמִלֵּיאוּת יְדַנָא מִן אַרְעָא דְּלָטַהּ יְיָ׃
He named his son Noach, saying, This one will bring us rest from our work and the anguish [toil] of our hands, from the soil which Adonoy has cursed.
- Genesis 5:30
וַיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת׃
After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and begot sons and daughters.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲיָא לֶמֶךְ בָּתַר דְּאוֹלֵיד יָת נֹחַ חֲמֵישׁ מְאָה וְתִשְׁעִין וַחֲמֵישׁ שְׁנִין וְאוֹלֵיד בְּנִין וּבְנָן׃
After he had Noach, Lemech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he had sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:31
וַיְהִי כׇּל־יְמֵי־לֶמֶךְ שֶׁבַע וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹת׃
All the days of Lamech came to 777 years; then he died.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲווֹ כָּל יוֹמֵי לֶמֶךְ שְׁבַע מְאָה וְשִׁבְעִין וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין וּמִית׃
All the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
- Genesis 5:32
וַיְהִי־נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָפֶת׃
When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה נֹחַ בַּר חֲמֵישׁ מְאָה שְׁנִין וְאוֹלֵיד נֹחַ יָת שֵׁם יָת חָם וְיָת יָפֶת׃
Noach was five hundred years old, and Noach produced Sheim, Cham, and Yafes.
- Genesis 6:1
וַיְהִי כִּי־הֵחֵל הָאָדָם לָרֹב עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּבָנוֹת יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם׃
When humankind began to increase on earth and daughters were born to them,
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה כַּד שָׁרִיאוּ בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא לְמִסְגֵּי עַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא וּבְנָתָא אִתְיְלִידָא לְהוֹן׃
It came to be when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, that daughters were born to them.
- Genesis 6:2
וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּחָרוּ׃
the divine beings saw how pleasing the human women were and took wives from among those who delighted them.—
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲזוֹ בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָּא יָת בְּנָת אֲנָשָׁא אֲרֵי שַׁפִּירָן אִנִּין וּנְסִיבוּ לְהוֹן נְשִׁין מִכֹּל דְּאִתְרְעִיאוּ׃
The sons of the rulers saw that the daughters of man were fair and they took for themselves wives from whomever they chose [wanted].
- Genesis 6:3
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה לֹא־יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָאָדָם לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה׃
GOD said, “My breath shall not abide in humankind forever, since it too is flesh; let the days allowed them be one hundred and twenty years.”—
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ לָא יִתְקַיַּים דָּרָא בִּישָׁא הָדֵין קֳדָמַי לְעָלַם בְּדִיל דְּאִנּוּן בִּסְרָא וְעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן בִּישִׁין אַרְכָּא יְהִיב לְהוֹן מְאָה וְעַסְרִין שְׁנִין אִם יְתוּבוּן׃
Adonoy said, My spirit will not continue to judge man forever [this evil generation shall not exist before me forever], since he is nothing but flesh [since they are flesh and their deeds are evil]. His days shall be a hundred and twenty years [I will give them a period of a hundred and twenty years for them to repent].
- Genesis 6:4
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם׃
It was then, and later too, that the Nephilim appeared on earth—when divine beings cohabited with the human women, who bore them offspring. Such were the heroes of old, the men of renown.
Targum Onkelos
גִּבָּרַיָּא הֲווֹ בְּאַרְעָא בְּיוֹמַיָּא הָאִנּוּן וְאַף בָּתַר כֵּן דְּעָאלִין בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָּא לְוָת בְּנָת אֲנָשָׁא וְיָלְדָן לְהוֹן אִנּוּן גִּבָּרַיָּא דְּמֵעָלְמָא אֲנָשִׁין דִּשְׁמָא׃
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also later, when the sons of the rulers came to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mightiest ones who ever existed. [They were] men of renown.
- Genesis 6:5
וַיַּרְא יְהֹוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכׇל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כׇּל־הַיּוֹם׃
GOD saw how great was human wickedness on earth—how every plan devised by the human mind was nothing but evil all the time.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲזָא יְיָ אֲרֵי סְגִיאַת בִּישַׁת אֲנָשָׁא בְּאַרְעָא וְכָל יִצְרָא מַחְשְׁבָת לִבֵּיהּ לְחוֹד בִּישׁ כָּל יוֹמָא׃
Adonoy saw that man’s wickedness had increased on the earth, and that every inclination of his heart was only for evil, all day long.
- Genesis 6:6
וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהֹוָה כִּי־עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל־לִבּוֹ׃
And GOD regretted having made humankind on earth. With a sorrowful heart,
Targum Onkelos
וְתָב יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ אֲרֵי עֲבַד יָת אֲנָשָׁא בְּאַרְעָא וַאֲמַר בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ לְמִתְבַּר תּוּקְפְהוֹן כִּרְעוּתֵיהּ׃
Adonoy was comforted [regretted in His Word] that He had made man on the earth, and He grieved in His heart [and He said with His word to break their strength in accordance with His Will].
- Genesis 6:7
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶמְחֶה אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִם׃
GOD said, “I will blot out from the earth humankind whom I created—humans together with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I regret that I made them.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ אֶמְחֵי יָת אֲנָשָׁא דִּבְרֵיתִי מֵעַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא מֵאֲנָשָׁא עַד בְּעִירָא עַד רִחְשָׁא וְעַד עוֹפָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא אֲרֵי תַּבִית בְּמֵימְרִי אֲרֵי עֲבַדְתִּנּוּן׃
Adonoy said, I will obliterate mankind which I have created from the face of the earth, from man to beast, to the creeping things and to the birds of heaven, for I regret [with My word] that I made them.
- Genesis 6:8
וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה׃
But Noah found favor with GOD.
Targum Onkelos
וְנֹחַ אַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין קֳדָם יְיָ׃
But Noach found favor [mercy] in the eyes of [before] Adonoy.