Genesis 5:1-17

1 Here is the genealogy of Adam. On the day that God created man he made him in the likeness of God;

2 he created them male and female; he blessed them and called them Adam [humankind, man] on the day they were created.

3 After Adam lived 130 years he fathered a son like himself and named him Shet.

4 After Shet was born, Adam lived another 800 years and had both sons and daughters.

5 In all, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

6 Shet lived 105 years and fathered Enosh.

7 After Enosh was born, Shet lived another 807 years and had sons and daughters.

8 In all, Shet lived 912 years; then he died.

9 Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan.

10 After Kenan was born, Enosh lived another 815 years and had sons and daughters.

11 In all, Enosh lived 905 years; then he died.

12 Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalal'el.

13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.

14 In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.

15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.

16 After Yered was born, Mahalal'el lived another 830 years and had sons and daughters.

17 In all, Mahalal'el lived 895 years; then he died.

Genesis 5:1-17 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.