Genesis 5:5-31

5 Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father[a] of Enosh.
7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8 Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11 Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13 After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
16 After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah[b] and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:5-31 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.

Cross References 13

  • 1. S Genesis 2:17; Hebrews 9:27; Genesis 3:19
  • 2. S Genesis 4:26; Luke 3:38
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37; Jude 1:14
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37
  • 8. ver 24; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 48:15; 2 Kings 20:3; Psalms 116:9; Micah 6:8; Malachi 2:6
  • 9. S ver 22
  • 10. 2 Kings 2:1,11; Psalms 49:15; Psalms 73:24; Psalms 89:48; Hebrews 11:5
  • 11. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36
  • 12. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36
  • 13. S Genesis 3:17; Romans 8:20

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. "Father" may mean "ancestor" ; also in verses 7-26.
  • [b]. "Noah" sounds like the Hebrew for "comfort."
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