Genesis 5:1-9

1 Thys is the boke of the generacion of man In the daye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god

2 Male and female made he the and called their names man in the daye when they were created.

3 And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth.

4 And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

5 and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed.

6 And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres and begat Enos.

7 And after he had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

8 And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and .xij. yere and dyed.

9 And Enos lyved .lxxxx. yere and begat kenan.

Genesis 5:1-9 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.