Genesis 5:2

Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

Berean Standard Bible

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 that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of 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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