Genesis 5:2

And he made them men and women, and he called them human beings, and he was good to them.

Plain English 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 the story about Adam’s family. You see, when God made people, he made them to be like himself.

3Adam lived a long time. He was 130 years old when he had his son called Seth. He was a human being, just like Adam, his father.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15God put the man into the garden in Eden and gave him some work to do. He had to look after the garden and make sure all the plants grew strong and healthy.

Mark 10:6But God tells us in his book that he made people and everything else. His book says, ‘He made them man and woman.’

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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