Adam, Seth, Enosh,

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, ¹  and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, ²  as well as food that sustains people’s lives. ³ 

But it is you, ¹  a man like me, ²  my close friend in whom I confided. ³ 

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce ¹  than gold from Ophir.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

“What is mankind ¹  that you make so much of them, ²  and that you pay attention ³  to them?

“Do you have eyes of flesh, ¹  or do you see ²  as a human being sees? ³ 

Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years ¹  of a mortal,

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot ¹  – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

Mankind does not know its place; ¹  it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Concerning my right, should I lie? ¹  My wound ²  is incurable, although I am without transgression.’ ³ 

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place. ¹ 

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do. ¹ 

You make mankind return ¹  to the dust, ²  and say, “Return, O people!”

A person’s life is like grass. ¹  Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

O Lord, of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, ²  that you should be concerned about them? ³ 

Moreover, ¹  the Lord says to the people of Zion, ²  “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe. ³ 

When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father ¹  of Enosh.