Genesis 5:1-8

1 This is the written account of Adam and his descendants. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.

2 He created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humans when he created them.

3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father [of a son] in his own likeness, in his own image. He named him Seth.

4 After Adam became the father of Seth, he lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

5 Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died.

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

7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

8 Seth lived a total of 912 years; then he died.

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Genesis 5:1-8 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 5:1-8

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Genesis 5:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5