Genesis 5:2

a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.

Literal Standard Version

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] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God’s creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;

3And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[ or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15And YHWH God takes the man, and causes him to rest in the Garden of Eden, to serve it and to keep it.

Malachi 2:15And He did not make one [only], || And a remnant of the Spirit [is] for him. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And you have been watchful over your spirit, || And with the wife of your youth, || None deal treacherously.

Mark 10:6but from the beginning of the creation God made them a male and a 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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