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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 . 5:9 When Enosh had lived 90 years , he became the father of Kenan . 5:10 Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan , and he had other sons and daughters . 5:11 The entire lifetime of Enosh was 905 years , and then he died . 5:12 When Kenan had lived 70 years , he became the father of Mahalalel . 5:13 Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel , and he had other sons and daughters . 5:14 The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years , and then he died . 5:15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years , he became the father of Jared . 5:16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared , and he had other sons and daughters . 5:17 The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years , and then he died . 5:18 When Jared had lived 162 years , he became the father of Enoch . 5:19 Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch , and he had other sons and daughters . 5:20 The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years , and then he died . 5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years , he became the father of Methuselah .

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  • Adam

    [ebd] red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history and that of his descend...
    [smith] Man , generically, for the name Adam was not confined to the father of the human race, but like homo was applicable to woman as well as to man . (Genesis 5:2)
    [nave] ADAM 1. The first human. Creation of, Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:45; 1 Tim. 2:13. History of, before he sied, Gen. 1:26-30; 2:16-25. Temptation and sin of, Gen. 3; Job 31:33; Isa. 43:27; Hos. 6:7; Rom. 5:14-21; 1 Tim. 2:...

  • Jared

    [ebd] descent. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth (Gen. 5:15-20; Luke 3:37), the father of Enoch; called Jered in 1 Chr. 1:2. (2.) A son of Ezra probably (1 Chr. 4:18).
    [isbe] JARED - ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, in Gen 5:15; 1 Ch 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): In Gen 5:15-20; 1 Ch 1:2; Lk 3:37, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The ...
    [smith] (descent), one of the antediluvian patriarchs, and further of Enoch (Genesis 5:15,16,18-20; Luke 3:37) In the lists of Chronicles the name is given in the Authorized Version JERED.
    [nave] JARED 1. Called also Jered. A descendant of Seth, Gen. 5:15, 16, 18, 19, 20; 1 Chr. 1:2. 2. An ancestor of Jesus, Luke 3:37.

  • CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

    [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...

  • CAIN

    [isbe] CAIN - kan (qayin, "spear" or "smith," resembling in sound the root qanah, "get," "acquire," Gen 4:1 the Revised Version, margin, but not necessarily derived from that root; Septuagint Kain): 1. The Scripture Narrative: (1) ...

  • ANTEDILUVIANS

    [isbe] ANTEDILUVIANS - an-te-di-lu'-vi-ans. 1. Chronology Uncertain: According to the ordinary interpretation of the genealogical tables in Gen 5 the lives of the antediluvians were prolonged to an extreme old age, Methuselah attai...

  • EDEN

    [isbe] EDEN - e'-d'-n (`edhen, "delight"; Edem): (1) The land in which "Yahweh God planted a garden," where upon his creation "he put the man whom he had formed" (Gen 2:8). In the Assyrian inscriptions idinu (Accadian, edin) means ...

  • Genealogy

    [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...

  • VERSIONS, GEORGIAN, GOTHIC, SLAVONIC

    [isbe] VERSIONS, GEORGIAN, GOTHIC, SLAVONIC - jor'-ji-an, goth'-ik, sla-von'-ik: 1. The Georgian Version: Georgia is the name given to the territory extending to the East of the Black Sea, a country that has had an independent nati...

  • GENESIS, 3

    [isbe] GENESIS, 3 - III. The Structure of the Individual Pericopes. In this division of the article, there is always to be found (under 1) a consideration of the unity of the Biblical text and (under 2) the rejection of the customa...

  • ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS

    [isbe] ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS - an-te-di-lu'-vi-an pa'-tri-arks. 1. The Ten Antediluvian Patriarchs: Ten patriarchs who lived before the Flood are listed in the genealogical table of Gen 5, together with a statement of the age of ...

  • CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

    [isbe] CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - kro-nol'-o-ji: I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Difficulties of the Subject 2. Plan of Treatment 3. Bible to be Regarded as Highest Authority II. THE AGES BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS III. PERSIAN PERIOD IV. BA...

  • NUMBER

    [isbe] NUMBER - num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY IV. ROUND NUMBERS V. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS 1. Seven and Its Multiples (1) Ritual U...

  • Enos

    [ebd] man the son of Seth, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke 3:38). He lived nine hundred and five years. In his time "men began to call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen. 4:26), meaning either (1) then began men to call thems...
    [smith] (mortal man), the son of Seth, (Genesis 4:26; 5:6,7,9,10,11; Luke 3:38) properly ENOSH, as in (1 Chronicles 1:1)
    [nave] ENOS, son of Seth, Gen. 4:26; 5:6-11; Luke 3:38. Called Enosh, 1 Chr. 1:1.

  • Cainan

    [ebd] possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he di...
    [nave] CAINAN 1. Called also Kenan. Son of Enos, Gen. 5:9-15; 1 Chr. 1:2; Luke 3:37. 2. Son of Arphaxad, Luke 3:36.

  • Mahalaleel

    [ebd] praise of God. (1.) The son of Cainan, of the line of Seth (Gen. 5:12-17); called Maleleel (Luke 3:37). (2.) Neh. 11:4, a descendant of Perez.
    [nave] MAHALALEEL 1. Called also Maleleel. Son of Cainan, Gen. 5:12-17; 1 Chr. 1:2; Luke 3:37. 2. A man of Judah, Neh. 11:4.

  • Enoch

    [ebd] initiated. (1.) The eldest son of Cain (Gen. 4:17), who built a city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it "after the name of his son Enoch." This is the first "city" mentioned in Scripture. (2.) The son of Jared, a...
    [smith] (dedicated). The eldest son of Cain, (Genesis 4:17) who called after his name the city which he built. (Genesis 4:18) (B.C. 3870.) The son of Jared and father of Methuselah. (Genesis 5:21) ff.; Luke 3:37 (B.C. 3378-3013.) In...
    [nave] ENOCH 1. Eldest son of Cain, Gen. 4:17, 18. 2. A city built by Cain, Gen. 4:17. 3. Father of Methuselah. Translation of, Gen. 5:18-24; Luke 3:37; Heb. 11:5; Jude 14. Called Henoch, 1 Chr. 1:3.

  • Longevity

    [nave] LONGEVITY. Gen. 6:3; Ex. 20:12; 1 Kin. 3:11-14; Job 5:26; Psa. 21:4; Psa. 34:11-13; Psa. 90:10; Psa. 91:16; Prov. 3:1, 2, 16; Prov. 9:11; Prov. 10:27; Isa. 65:20; 1 Pet. 3:10, 11 See: Old Age. Instances of Adam, 930 years...

  • KENAN

    [isbe] KENAN - ke'-nan (qenan; Kainan) : A son of Enosh, the son of Seth (Gen 5:9,10,12,13,14; 1 Ch 1:2). the King James Version form (except in 1 Ch 1:2), is "Cainan."

  • Methuselah

    [ebd] man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3).
    [isbe] METHUSELAH - me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Gen 5:21 ff; 1 Ch 1:3; Lk 3:37). Methuselah is said to have lived 969 years; he is...
    [nave] METHUSELAH, son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah, Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3.

  • ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

    [isbe] ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - (Evolutionary Interpretation): (NOTE: It ought to be superfluous to say that the unfolding or development of the human personality here identified with evolution is something far higher, deeper, a...
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  • Each book of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament, called the Torah [instruction] by the Jews) originally received its title in the Hebrew Bible from the first word or words in the book.1The Hebrew word t...
  • The events recorded date back to the creation of the world.Many Christians believe the earth is millions of years old. They base this belief on the statements of scientists and understand Scripture in the light of these state...
  • The events recorded in Genesis stretch historically from Creation to Joseph's death, a period of at least 2500 years. The first part of the book (ch. 1-11) is not as easy to date precisely as the second part (ch. 12-50). The ...
  • Genesis provides the historical basis for the rest of the Bible and the Pentateuch, particularly the Abrahamic Covenant. Chapters 1-11 give historical background essential to understanding that covenant, and chapters 12-50 re...
  • The structure of Genesis is very clear. The phrase "the generations of"(toledotin Hebrew, from yaladmeaning "to bear, to generate") occurs ten times (really eleven times since 36:9 repeats 36:1), and in each case it introduce...
  • Chapters 1-11 provide an introduction to the Book of Genesis, the Pentateuch, and the whole Bible."What we find in chaps. 1-11 is the divine initiation of blessing, which is compromised by human sin followed by gracious prese...
  • "Great sea monsters"(Heb. tauninim, v. 21) were large fish, whales, squid, and all large creatures living in the water. The pagans worshipped these, but they were under God's authority.Note that Moses wrote that God created b...
  • "2:1-3 echoes 1:1 by introducing the same phrases but in reverse order: he created,' God,' heavens and earth' reappear as heavens and earth' (2:1) God' (2:2), created' (2:3). This chiastic pattern brings the section to a neat...
  • "By virtue of being Cain's descendants, the people named in the genealogy all inherit his curse. Thus the Cainite genealogy becomes part of the Yahwist's account of man's increasing sin."252Cain's wife (v. 17) was evidently o...
  • Many commentators regarded this verse as the first reference to prayer as we know it in the Bible. Prayer is basic to man's relationship with God, which is a major theme in Genesis. However the phrase "call on the name of the...
  • There are at least three purposes for the inclusion of this genealogy, which contains 10 paragraphs (vv. 1-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-27, 28-31, and 32).1. It shows the development of the human race from Ada...
  • This table shows that Yahweh created all peoples (cf. Deut. 32:8; Amos 9:7; Acts 17:26). As the genealogy in chapter 5, this one traces 10 main individuals, and the last one named had three sons."The table of nations is a hor...
  • The main emphasis in this section is not the building of the tower of Babel but the dispersion of the peoples. We can see this in the literary structure of the passage.361AAll the earth had one language (v. 1)Bthere (v. 2)C o...
  • "The Babel account (11:1-9) is not the end of early Genesis. If it were, the story would conclude on the sad note of human failure. But as with earlier events in Genesis 1-11, God's grace once again supersedes human sin, insu...
  • One of the significant changes in the emphasis that occurs at this point in Genesis is from cursing in the primeval record to blessing in the patriarchal narratives. The Abrahamic Covenant is most important in this respect. H...
  • "These verses are of fundamental importance for the theology of Genesis, for they serve to bind together the primeval history and the later patriarchal history and look beyond it to the subsequent history of the nation."414"W...
  • The second crisis Abram faced arose because of a famine in Canaan. Abram chose to sojourn in the Nile Valley until it was past. In this incident Abram tried to pass Sarai off as his sister because he feared for his life. By d...
  • Aalders, Gerhard Charles. Genesis. The Bible Student's Commentary series. 2 vols. Translated by William Heynen. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981.Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas...
  • We have here the same threefold division of animals that inhabit the land, sea, and air as the one that appears in the story of creation (Gen. 1:20-23)."It has long been recognized . . . that the order of the purity laws in L...
  • The laws of purification begun in this chapter connect in principle with the preceding ones that deal with unclean food and animals. The defilement dealt with in this group (chs. 12-15) proceeded from the human body. Pollutio...
  • Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977.Albright, William Foxwell, The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeology series. H...
  • The Book of Samuel covers the period of Israel's history bracketed by Samuel's conception and the end of David's reign. David turned the kingdom over to Solomon in 971 B.C.3David reigned for 40 and one-half years (2 Sam. 2:11...
  • God not only will be faithful to His promises in spite of Israel's unfaithfulness (63:1-65:16), but He will demonstrate His ability and desire to provide righteousness for sinful humankind by creating new heavens and a new ea...
  • Matthew began his Gospel with a record of Jesus' genealogy because the Christians claimed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. To qualify as such He had to be a Jew from the royal line of David (Isa. 9:6-...
  • Why did Luke place his genealogy of Jesus at this point in his Gospel? Probably he did so because this was the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. Matthew recorded Jesus' genealogy to show that He had a legitimate right by b...
  • Paul's final argument in support of justification by faith was a development of his previous emphasis on the solidarity that the saved experience with their Savior (5:1-2, 9-10). In this section (5:12-21) he expanded that ide...
  • A. Woman has personal equality with man as an image-bearer of God (Gen. 1:27-28; 5:1).Allowing for biological distinctives a woman has the same human nature, qualities and abilities as a man. Maleness and femaleness, though d...
  • "The present vv, 3:4-9, form six strophes, each of which divides . . . roughly into half. The two halves of the strophes balance one another; for the second part of the v provides a development of the first part (vv 4, 5, 7),...
  • vv. 14-15 Jude quoted loosely from a prophecy Enoch gave recorded in the Book of 1 Enoch.62Though God had not inspired that book, He led Jude to quote Enoch's prophecy.63This was a prophecy of God's judgment as it will take p...
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