16. Wemka ke uKayen kuNdikhoyo, waya kuhlala eNodi, empuma yeIdeni.
17. UKayen nomkakhe bafumana umntwana oyinkwenkwe, uInoki. Wakha isixeko uKayen, wasithiya ngegama lonyana wakhe.
18. UInoki wazala unyana, wathi igama lakhe nguHiradi. Yena uHiradi wazala uMehuyali; uMehuyali wazala uMethusali; uMethusali yena wazala uLameki.
19. ULameki wayenabafazi ababini, uAda noZila.
20. UAda wazala uYabhali, ongukhokho kwabo babehlala ezintenteni, bengabafuyi.
21. Umntakwabo-Yabhali yayinguYubhali, ongukhokho wazo zonke iimvumi ezidlala iihapu neefleyiti.
22. UZila wazala uThubhali-kayen, owayengumkhandi wezixhobo zokusebenza ezenziwa ngobhedu nangentsimbi. Wayenodade wabo uNama.
23. Wathi uLameki kubafazi bakhe:“Ada noZila, khanive bethu;bafazi bakaLameki, bekani iindlebe.Ndombulala umntu ondibethayo,umfana ondenzakalisayo.
24. Ke ukuba umntu wohlwaywa kasixhenxe ngokubulala uKayen,ngamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe ngokubulala uLameki.”