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What was the relationship between Adam and Noah?

Noah descends from Adam through Seth. Genesis gives that line from father to son, and Luke names it among the ancestors of Jesus. Genesis 5:3, 28-29; Luke 3:36-38

What the Bible says

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.

Luke 3:36

Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Sem, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech,

Luke 3:38

Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

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Jesus does not descend from Cain, but from Seth, the son Adam and Eve had later. Luke 3:38; Genesis 4:25

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