Genesis 5:2

Male and female he created them. He blessed them and named them mankind when they were created.

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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 record of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created mankind, he made them in his own likeness.

3When Adam had lived 130 years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and he called his name Seth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:15Yahweh God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to maintain it.

Malachi 2:15Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? Then why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Mark 10:6“But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' 1

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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