Genesis 5:1-6

From Adam to Noah

1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”^[a] when they were created.

3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

5 Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father^[b] of 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 2:4
• 2. 1 Chronicles 1:1
• 3. S Genesis 1:27; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10
• 4. Genesis 1:28
• 5. S Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Galatians 3:28
• 6. S Genesis 1:26; 1 Corinthians 15:49
• 7. S Genesis 4:25; Luke 3:38
• 8. S Genesis 2:17; Hebrews 9:27; Genesis 3:19
• 9. S Genesis 4:26; Luke 3:38

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "adam"
• [b]. "Father" may mean "ancestor" ; also in verses 7-26.