Genesis 5:1-6

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;

2 He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man.^[c]

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.

6 Seth was 105 years old when he fathered Enosh.

Genesis 5:1-6 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] Lit written family
• [b] Or Adam
• [c] Or Adam