Genesis 5:1-10

From Adam to Noah

1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”^[a] when they were created.

3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

5 Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father^[b] 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.

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 2:4
• 2. 1 Chronicles 1:1
• 3. S Genesis 1:27; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10
• 4. Genesis 1:28
• 5. S Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Galatians 3:28
• 6. S Genesis 1:26; 1 Corinthians 15:49
• 7. S Genesis 4:25; Luke 3:38
• 8. S Genesis 2:17; Hebrews 9:27; Genesis 3:19
• 9. S Genesis 4:26; Luke 3:38
• 10. 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "adam"
• [b]. "Father" may mean "ancestor" ; also in verses 7-26.