Genesis 5:1

This is the booke of the generations of Ada. In the day that God created man, in the lykenesse of God made he hym.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

In Context

2Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the daye of their creation.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.

Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:

Luke 3:36whiche was the sonne of Arphaxad, whiche was the sonne of Sem, whiche was the sonne of Noe, whiche was the sonne of Lamech:

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:1

This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the verity of the Hebrew text) 1656 years, as may easily be computed by the ages of the patriarchs, before they begat that son through whom the line went down to Noah. This is one of those which the apostle calls "endless genealogies" ( 1 Tim. i. 4 ), for Christ, who was the end of the Old-Testament law, was also the end of the Old-Testament genealogies; towards him they looked,… Read the whole commentary →

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