Genesis 5:1

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

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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, on the day when they were created.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27And God created man in his 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 just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.

1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Ecclesiastes 12:1But remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youthful vigor, while the evil days are not yet come, nor those years draw nigh of which thou wilt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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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