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Genesis 5:1-7

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Adam’s Descendants to Noah

1 This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created Adam, he made him in the likeness of God.
2 Male and female he created them. And he blessed them. And he called their name "Humankind" when they were created.
3 And when Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he fathered a child in his likeness, according to his image. And he called his name Seth.
4 And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.
5 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6 When Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh.
7 And after Seth had fathered Enosh he lived eight hundred and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters.
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Genesis 5:1-7 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

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