page_title: Bereshit (parashah)
section_title: Sixth reading — Genesis 4:23–5:24
hierarchical_section_title: Bereshit (parashah) / Readings / Sixth reading — Genesis 4:23–5:24
caption_attribution_description: Fragment (innerleft wing) of a triptych. See File:The Hell and the Flood P3.jpg for the outer left wing and File:The Hell and the Flood P4.jpg and File:The Hell and the Flood P2.jpg for the right wing.
context_page_description: Bereshit, Bereishit, Bereshis, Bereishis, B'reshith, Beresh't, Beresheet, or Bereishees is the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah consists of Genesis 1:1–6:8.
  In the parashah, God creates the heavens, the world, Adam and Eve, and Sabbath. A snake convinces Eve, who then invites Adam, to eat the fruit of tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which God had forbidden to them. So God curses them and expels them from the Garden of Eden. One of their sons, Cain, becomes the first murderer, killing his brother Abel out of jealousy. Adam and Eve have other children, whose descendants populate the Earth. Each generation becomes more and more degenerate until God, despairing, decides to destroy humanity. Only one man, Noah, finds God's favor.
  The parashah is made up of 7,235 Hebrew letters, 1,931 Hebrew words, 146 verses, and 241 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews read it on the first Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in October, or rarely, in late September or early November.
context_section_description: In the sixth reading (עליה‎, aliyah), Lamech told his wives that he had slain a lad for bruising him, and that if Cain was avenged sevenfold, then Lamech should be avenged seventy-sevenfold. Adam and Eve had a third son and named him Seth, meaning "God has provided me with another offspring in place of Abel." Seth had a son named Enosh, and then men began to invoke the Lord by name. A closed portion (סתומה‎, setumah) ends here with the end of chapter 4.
  In the continuation of the reading in chapter 5, after the birth of Seth, Adam had more sons and daughters, and lived a total of 930 years before he died. A closed portion (סתומה‎, setumah) ends here.
  In the continuation of the reading, Adam's descendants and their lifespans were: Seth, 912 years; Enosh, 905 years; Kenan, 910 years; Mahalalel, 895 years; and Jared, 962 years. A closed portion (סתומה‎, setumah) ends after the account of each descendant.
  In the continuation of the reading, Jared's son Enoch had a son Methuselah and then walked with God 300 years, and when Enoch reached age 365, God took him. The sixth reading (עליה‎, aliyah) and a closed portion (סתומה‎, setumah) end here.
caption: The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Hieronymus Bosch is based on Genesis 6:1–4
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