Genesis 5:1-7

1 This the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:

2 male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

3 And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot after his form, and after his image, and he called his name Seth.

4 And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

5 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos.

7 And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:1-7 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]. Gr. book of generation.
• [b]. Alex. their.