Genesis 5:1-10

1 This is the book of the descendants of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;

2 male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.

3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth:

4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters;

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

6 And Seth lived one hundred and five years and begat Enos.

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters;

8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan,

10 and Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years and begat sons and daughters;

Genesis 5:1-10 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.