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Text -- Genesis 5:1-8 (NET)
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From Adam to Noah
5:1 This is the record of the family line of Adam . When God created humankind , he made them in the likeness of God .
5:2 He created them male and female ; when they were created , he blessed them and named them “humankind .”
5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness , according to his image , and he named him Seth .
5:4 The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years ; during this time he had other sons and daughters .
5:5 The entire lifetime of Adam was 930 years , and then he died .
5:6 When Seth had lived 105 years , he became the father of Enosh .
5:7 Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh , and he had other sons and daughters .
5:8 The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years , and then he died .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Adam |
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF |
VERSIONS, GEORGIAN, GOTHIC, SLAVONIC |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Genealogy |
EDEN |
ANTEDILUVIANS |
GENESIS, 3 |
CAIN |
ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS |
Enos |
NUMBER |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Seth |
Mankind |
Image |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
GENERATION |
God |
Longevity |
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NET Notes: Gen 5:1 Heb “him.” The Hebrew text uses the third masculine singular pronominal suffix on the accusative sign. The pronoun agrees grammatically wi...
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NET Notes: Gen 5:3 Heb “and Adam lived 130 years.” In the translation the verb is subordinated to the following verb, “and he fathered,” and rend...
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NET Notes: Gen 5:4 The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 5:5 The genealogy traces the line from Adam to Noah and forms a bridge between the earlier accounts and the flood story. Its constant theme of the reign o...
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