‘This is the book of the history of Adam.'
This would fit most suitably as a colophon towards what has gone before, a record connected with Adam. But it could signify the history of Adam which was to follow.
This colophon (see article, " ") could well have been at the bottom of the tablet indicating what the tablet was about. Notice the specific reference in this case to the fact that it refers to ‘a book' (written record).
CHAPTER V _A recapitulation of the account of the creation of man_, 1, 2; _and of the birth of Seth_, 3. _Genealogy of the ten antediluvian patriarchs_, 3-31. _Enoch's extraordinary piety_, 22; _...
- Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר _s__e__pher_ “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן _qēynān_, Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. מהללאל mahelal'ēl, Mahalalel, “prais...
III. THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM CHAPTER 5 Adam and His Seed Through Seth _ 1. Adam (Genesis 5:1)_ 2. Seth (Genesis 5:6) 3. Enos (Genesis 5:9) 4. Cainan ...
Sethite Genealogy of Antediluvians. With the exception of Genesis 5:29 this comes from P, as is clear from the style, each statement being cast in the same mould, and the whole forming a mere catalogu...
BOOK OF THE GENERATION. Only here and Matthew 1:1, "the second man" and "last Adam". IN THE DAY. See Genesis 2:17 and App-18. GOD. Elohim. MAN. Art. not needed. the man Adam. App-14. HIM. Emph. re...
_This is the book_, &c. The word rendered "book" (Heb. _sêpher_) is used of any written document. Our word "book" gives rather too much the meaning of a piece of literature. The word is often used in...
GENESIS 5:1. _THE BOOK OF THE GENERATION_— See note on Genesis 2:4, _Sepher_ ספר rendered _book,_ signifies any particular relation, recital, or account; a register, catalogue, or epistle. Here, there...
3. _The Generations of Adam from Seth to Enoch_ (Genesis 5:1-20). _1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. 2 In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female...
_THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM. IN THE DAY THAT GOD CREATED MAN, IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD MADE HE HIM;_ This is the book of the generations of Adam. This is the usual formula by which a n...
5:1 generations. (h-7) Or 'history.' see ch. 2.4....
THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM] i.e. the genealogy of Adam's descendants, cp. Genesis 2:4 and note....
THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM TO NOAH The purpose of the historian in giving the names and ages of the antediluvian Patriarchs was, no doubt, to show the glorious ancestry of the chosen race, and to account...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 5 ADAM’S FAMILY V1 These are Adam’s *descendants. When God created man, he made man similar to God. V2 He created them as man and woman. He promis...
When Genesis describes two families, it first describes the less important one. And after that, it describes the more important one. So it describes the family of Adam’s son, Cain, in Genesis 4:17-22....
V. PATRIARCHAL GENEALOGY FROM ADAM TO NOAH. (1) THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM. — See on Genesis 2:4, and _Excursus_ on the Books of Generations. IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD. — Man is now a f...
זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תֹּולְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּ יֹ֗ום בְּרֹ
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
POSTERITY OF ADAM Genesis 5:1 In contrast to Cain's line in the previous chapter, we have Seth's in this. Note the curious similarity in the names, as though the Cainites professed all that the Sethi...
In this chapter we have a condensed account of fifteen centuries in human history. The ruin of the race had come through man's belief in the devil's lie. "Ye shall not surely die." The repetition thro...
This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the (a) likeness of God made he him; (a) Read (Genesis 1:26)....
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Contents This is a very interesting chapter, though, at the first view, if seems to c...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
1._This is the book of the generations of Adam_. In this chapter Moses briefly recites the length of time which had intervened between the creation of the world and the deluge; and also slightly touch...
In chapter 5 we have the family of God upon the earth, subject to death, but depositary of the counsels and of the testimony of God. Here we may remark Enoch, who has his portion in heaven, and who be...
THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM,.... An account of persons born of him, or who descended from him by generation in the line of Seth, down to Noah, consisting of ten generations; for a gene...
This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Ver. 1. _This is the book of the generations._] Sepher, _a_ a ciphering of their na...
_The book of the generations of Adam_ That is, a list or catalogue of his posterity, not of all, but only of the holy seed, _from whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came;_ of the names, ages, and d...
1 The genealogie, age, and death of the Patriarchs from Adam vnto Noah. 24 The godlinesse and translation of Enoch. 1 THIS is the [NOTE: 1 Chronicles 1:1.] booke of the generations of Adam: In the d...
From Adam to Seth...
This is the book of the generations of Adam. This Chapter presents a short summary of the history of the believing Adamites in the form of a genealogical table, with a few explanatory notes. IN THE DA...
THIRD SECTION _Adam and Seth. The Sethites or Macrobii (the long-lived). The living Worship and the Blessing of the Life-renewing in the Line of the Sons of God_ GENESIS 5:1-32 (COMPARE 1 CHRONICLES...
THE FAMILY OF ADAM - THROUGH SETH This chapter is called "the book of the genealogy of Adam" (v.1). However, the line of Cain is omitted and only the line of Seth included. The reason for this is indi...
1-5 Adam was made in the image of God; but when fallen he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body...
GENESIS CHAPTER 5 _4004_ The manner of man's creation repeated, GENESIS 5:1. The genealogy, age, and death of the fathers from Adam to Noah, in the line of Seth. Seth begotten of Adam after his image,...
Genesis 5:1 This H2088 book H5612 genealogy H8435 Adam H121 day H3117 God H430 created H1254 (H8800) man...
ADAM Adam, as the natural head of the race (Luke 3:38) is a contrasting type of Christ, the Head of the new creation. See (Romans 5:14); (1 Corinthians 15:21); ...
CONTENTS: Generations from Adam to Noah. CHARACTERS: Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuseleh, Lamech, Noah. CONCLUSION: By man came death. In Adam all die. In Christ shall all...
Genesis 5:1. _The book of generations;_ the princely line of holy patriarchs, from whom the Messiah descended. Genesis 5:4. _And begat sons and daughters;_ but not being primogenitors of the promised...
_This is the book of the generations of Adam_ DISTINGUISHED MEN I. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE PECULIARITY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. Adam; the first human being to (1) inhabit...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 5:1 Adam’s Descendants. This section of Genesis 1:1 falls into two parts: Ge
CRITICAL NOTES.—Notwithstanding the measure of difficulty standing in the way of ascertaining the meaning of the proper names of Scripture, the subject cannot be wisely neglected: what we do know is e...
§ 3. THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM (CH. 5:1-6:8) EXPOSITION The present section carries forward the inspired narrative another stage, in which the onward progress or development of the human race is traced...
Now chapter five, This is the book of the generations of Adam. [And as you read these generations of Adam and as it lists them for us] In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he h...
book. Genesis 2:4 Genesis 6:9 Genesis 10:1 1 Chronicles 1:1 Matthew 1:1...
The first words of the chapter are the title of argument of the whole chapter; it is the book of the generations of Adam — It is the list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam, not of all, but only of...
FF— How can we reconcile this chronology (which adds up to c. 4,000 years B.C.) when anthropology has shown humankind is much older? PROBLEM: If the ages are added in Genesis 5 and 10 with the rest o...