19. From Adam to Seth, who was by Adam at the age of 69 years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam’s) death, and received the promise of God by his father, that his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be preserved unto the end of the earth, because he (Seth) was a perfect man, and his likeness was the express likeness of his father’s insomuch that he seemed to be like unto his father in all things, and could be distinguished from him only by his age.

20. Enos was ordained at the age of 134 years and four months, by the hand of Adam.

21. God called upon Cainan in the wilderness, in the fortieth year of his age, and he met Adam in journeying to the place Shedolomak. He was 87 years old when he received his ordination.

22. Mahalaleel was 496 years and seven days old when he was ordained by the hand of Adam, who also blessed him.

23. Jared was 200 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam, who also blessed him.

24. Enoch was 25 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam, and he was 65 and Adam blessed him. And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face continually; and he walked with God 365 years, making him 430 years old when he was translated.

25. Methuselah was 100 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam.

26. Lamech was 32 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Seth.

27. Noah was 10 years old when he was ordained under the hands of Methuselah.

28. Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all , with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of , and there bestowed upon them his last blessing. And the Lord appeared unto them, and they rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the Prince, the Archangel. And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him, I have set thee to be at the head— a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou art a prince over them for ever.

29. And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation, and notwithstanding he was bowed down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation. These things were all written in the book of Enoch, and are to be testified of in due time.

30. It is the duty of the , also, to ordain and set in order all the other officers of the church, agreeable to the revelation which says:

31. To the in the land of , in addition to the respecting church business— Verily, I say unto you, says the Lord of hosts, there must needs be to preside over those who are of the office of an ; and also to preside over those who are of the office of a priest, and also to preside over those who are of the office of a teacher in like manner, and also the ; wherefore, from deacon to teacher, and from teacher to priest and from priest to elder, severally as they are appointed, [p. 31]