Genesis 5

Genesis 5

Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the history of Adam and his generation. When God created a human, he made him in the likeness of God.

Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female, and he blessed them and named them humanity when they were created.

Genesis 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Genesis 5:4 After he fathered Seth, the days of Adam were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:5 So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.

Genesis 5:7 After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:8 So all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.

Genesis 5:10 After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:11 So all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:12 After Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:14 So all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:15 After Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

Genesis 5:16 Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:17 So all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:18 After Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.

Genesis 5:19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:20 So all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:21 After Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

Genesis 5:22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:23 Thus, all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 5:25 After Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

Genesis 5:26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech for 782 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:27 So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:28 After Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son,

Genesis 5:29 called him Noah and said, “Out of the ground that Yahveh has cursed, this one will bring us relief from our work and the painful toil of our hands.”

Genesis 5:30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:31 So all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5 quotes:

“The opening verses of Genesis 5 take us back to the creation of man himself by using the language of 1:26-28. Just as God created man in His own image and likeness, so also Adam became the father of a son “in his own likeness, in his own image” (5:3). Such proverbs as “like begets like” and “like father, like son” gain a great measure of their power from biblical texts like these.”

Youngblood, Ronald F. How It All Began: A Bible Commentary for Laymen. GL Regal Books, 1980. p. 84.

“The Bible addresses the broad themes of redemptive history through the various sets of genealogies. For example, Genesis 5 records Adam’s genealogy—ten generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 11 records Shem’s genealogy—ten generations from Shem to Abraham. Together, these genealogies reveal the order from Adam to Abraham, delineating how the Messiah would ultimately come as a descendant of Abraham. The uniqueness of the genealogies in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 lies in the fact that they include a complete list of each person’s birth, age at procreation, and life span even though they lived four thousand to six thousand years ago. The completeness of the genealogies affirms that God’s redemptive work did not cease in any generation, but continued throughout history.”

Park, Abraham. Genesis Genealogies : God’s Administration in the History of Redemption (Book 1). Periplus Editions, 2016. p. 38.

“You may prepare a possibility proposition. This will be a statement which gives an attainable goal in a person’s life. It will express an optimistic outlook. The possibility proposition of Genesis 5:24 would be: You can have a closer walk with God.”

Bryson, Harold T. Building Sermons to Meet People’s Needs. Broadman Press, 1980. p. 65.

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