Genesis 5:1-10

Descendants of Adam

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him ¹in the likeness of God.

2 He created them ²male and female, and He ³blessed them and named * them Man in the day when they were created.

3 When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named * him Seth.

4 Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.

5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.

7 Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve * years, and he died.

9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

10 Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen * years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 5:1-10 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

Cross References 3

1. Genesis 1:26, 27; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10
2. Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6
3. Genesis 1:28

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "Adam"
[b]. Lit "begot," and so throughout the ch