Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.

3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.

Malachi 2:15Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

Mark 10:6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

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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