Genesis 5:1

The Line of Seth

1 These are the family^[a] records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man,^[b] He made him in the likeness of God;

Genesis 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generations of Adam
An account of persons born of him, or who descended from him by generation in the line of Seth, down to Noah, consisting of ten generations; for a genealogy of all his descendants is not here given, not of those in the line of Cain, nor of the collateral branches in the line of Seth, only of those that descended one from another in a direct line to Noah: in the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he
him;
this is repeated from ( Genesis 1:27 ) to put in mind that man is a creature of God; that God made him, and not he himself; that the first man was not begotten or produced in like manner as his sons are, but was immediately created; that his creation was in time, when there were days, and it was not on the first of these, but on the sixth; and that he was made in the likeness of God, which chiefly lay in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, and in dominion over the creatures.

Genesis 5:1 In-Context

1 These are the family records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

2 He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man.

3 Adam was 130 years old when he fathered [a child] in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

4 Adam lived 800 years after the birth of Seth, and he fathered sons and daughters.

5 So Adam's life lasted 930 years; then he died.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit written family
• [b]. Or Adam