Genesis 5:1-11

1 This is the written account of Adam and his descendants. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.

2 He created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humans when he created them.

3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father [of a son] in his own likeness, in his own image. He named him Seth.

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

5 Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died.

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

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

8 Seth lived a total of 912 years; then he died.

9 When Enosh was 90 years old, 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 Enosh lived a total of 905 years; then he died.

Genesis 5:1-11 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.