Genesis 5:1-6

The Family Line of Adam

1 Here is the written story of Adam's family line. When God created man, he made him in his own likeness.

2 He created them as male and female. He blessed them. And he called them "man" when they were created.

3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness. He named him Seth.

4 Adam lived 800 years after Seth was born. He also had other sons and daughters.

5 Adam lived a total of 930 years. Then he died.

6 Seth lived 105 years. Then 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.