Genesis 5:1-8

1 hic est liber generationis Adam in die qua creavit Deus hominem ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum

2 masculum et feminam creavit eos et benedixit illis et vocavit nomen eorum Adam in die qua creati sunt

3 vixit autem Adam centum triginta annis et genuit ad similitudinem et imaginem suam vocavitque nomen eius Seth

4 et facti sunt dies Adam postquam genuit Seth octingenti anni genuitque filios et filias

5 et factum est omne tempus quod vixit Adam anni nongenti triginta et mortuus est

6 vixit quoque Seth centum quinque annos et genuit Enos

7 vixitque Seth postquam genuit Enos octingentis septem annis genuitque filios et filias

8 et facti sunt omnes dies Seth nongentorum duodecim annorum et mortuus est

Genesis 5:1-8 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.