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; _his translation to heaven without seeing death_, 24. _The birth of Noah, and the reason of his name... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 5:3. _AND ADAM LIVED A HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, C._] The Scripture chronology especially in the ages of some of the _antediluvian_ and _postdiluvian_ patriarchs, has exceedingly puzzled chronologists, critics, and divines. The printed Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, and Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 5:22. _AND ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD - THREE HUNDRED YEARS_] There are several things worthy of our most particular notice in this account: 1. The name of this patriarch; _Enoch_, from חנך _chanack_, which signifies to _instruct_, to _initiate_, to _dedicate_. From his subsequent conduct... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 5:27. _THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH WERE NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND_ _NINE YEARS_] This is the longest life mentioned in Scripture, and probably the longest ever lived; but we have not authority to say positively that it was the longest. Before the flood, and before artificial refinements were... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 5:29. _THIS SAME SHALL COMFORT US_] This is an allusion, as some think, to the name a Noah, which they derive from נחם _nacham_, to comfort; but it is much more likely that it comes from נח _nach_ or נוח _nuach_, to rest, to settle, c. And what is more _comfortable_ than _rest_ after... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 5:32. _NOAH BEGAT SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH._] From Genesis 10:21; 1 Chronicles 1:5, c., we learn that Japheth was the eldest son of Noah, but _Shem_ is mentioned first, because it was from him, in a direct line, that the Messiah came. _Ham_ was certainly the _youngest_ of Noah's sons, a... [ Continue Reading ]