Genesis 5: Verse-by-Verse Commentary (with Videos)

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

²Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

³When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

⁴And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁵So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

⁶When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

⁷And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁸So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

⁹When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹¹So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

¹²When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

¹⁶And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

¹⁸When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

²¹When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

²²And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

²³So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

²⁴Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

²⁵When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

²⁶And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁷So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

²⁸When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

²⁹And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

³⁰And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

³¹So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

³²After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.