Genesis 5:1-10

1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.

2 He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.”

3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.

4 After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

7 After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

8 Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.

9 When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

10 After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or man; Hebrew reads adam; similarly in 5:2 .
• [b]. Or the ancestor of; also in 5:9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25 .
• [c]. Or the birth of this ancestor of; also in 5:10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26 .