Genesis 5:3

When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who grew up to be just like him. That was the son he named Seth.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

In Context

2He created one man and one woman. He blessed them, and on the day that he created them, he called them ‘human beings’.

4After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:25Adam continued to ◄have sex/sleep► with [EUP] his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’, because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Job 15:14“◄How can any person, including you, be sinless?/No person, including you, can be sinless.► [RHQ] ◄How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?/No one on the earth can be completely righteous.► [RHQ]

Psalms 14:2Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees humans; he looks to see if anyone is very wise, with the result that he desires to know God.

Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come to you; the power of God [MTY/EUP] will overshadow you and enable you to become pregnant. So the child you will bear will be completely set apart {give himself completely} to obey God, and he will be called { people will say that he is} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►.

Romans 5:12What you can learn from what I have written so far is as follows: All people are sinful [PRS], and that is the result of Adam, the first man whom God created, sinning long ago. Adam died [PRS] because he sinned. So, all people who have lived since then die, because it is as though all people sinned when Adam sinned.

Ephesians 2:3Formerly, we all used to disobey God as they do. We did the things that our self-centered nature wanted us to do. We habitually did those evil deeds that our bodies and our minds wanted to do. When we were acting like that, it was certain that God would punish [MTY] us, just like he will certainly punish all other evil people.

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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