Genesis 5:2

Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

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In The King James Version

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

In Context

1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

3Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

Malachi 2:15... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Mark 10:6But from the first, male and female made he them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:2-6

Genealogies. ( b. c. 3852.) 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that… Read the whole commentary →

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