Genesis 5:1-2

Descendants of Adam

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him ¹in the likeness of God.

2 He created them ²male and female, and He ³blessed them and named * them Man in the day when they were created.

Genesis 5:1-2 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.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 1:26, 27; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10
• 2. Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6
• 3. Genesis 1:28

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Adam"