Genesis 5:1-6

Adam’s descendants

1 This is the record of Adam's descendants. On the day God created humanity, he made them to resemble God

2 and created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humanity on the day they were created.

3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son in his image, resembling him, and named him Seth.

4 After Seth's birth, Adam lived 800 years; he had other sons and daughters.

5 In all, Adam lived 930 years, and he died.

6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

Genesis 5:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb adam