Genesis 5

Mostly genealogy.  Everyone lived something like 900 years--hm... Yoda people!  How did they do that?  How come we don't live 900 years? (although trust me, I'm not complaining). I think I read somewhere (CS Lewis?) that it was leftover from the Garden of Eden and man's intended immortality.  Everyone except Enoch, who was taken by God after 300 years.  I guess this really shows how important ancestry was to the Israelites.  It is really interested the tidbits they include about people when they do these genealogies, like about Enoch and Lamech naming Noah (although those are some of really the only ones here in this chapter).  Always used to want to make a family tree out of the genealogies in the Bible, just thought it would be cool.  Difficult, of course, mostly because so many people, and they do tend to skip people.  Is it important to understand your heritage?  Not just your parents--obviously they influence you--but generations back?  Interesting question.