King James Version
Genesis 5
32 verses with commentary
The Generations from Adam to Noah
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
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<strong>This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**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 fallen being, but these words are repeated to show that the Divine likeness was not therefore lost, nor the primæval blessing bestowed at his creation revoked. As man’s likeness to God does not ...
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**17-22. builded a city--**It has been in cities that the human race has ever made the greatest social progress; and several of Cain's descendants distinguished themselves by their inventive genius in the arts.
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Chapter 5
Chapter Outline
Adam and Seth.(1-5)
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch.(6-20)
Enoch.(21-24)
Methuselah to Noah.(25-32)
**Verses 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 and soul, but a sinner like himself....
Read full commentary →Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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<strong>Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they ...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**17-22. builded a city--**It has been in cities that the human race has ever made the greatest social progress; and several of Cain's descendants distinguished themselves by their inventive genius in the arts.
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Chapter 5
Chapter Outline
Adam and Seth.(1-5)
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch.(6-20)
Enoch.(21-24)
Methuselah to Noah.(25-32)
**Verses 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 and soul, but a sinner like himself....
Read full commentary →And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
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<strong>And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; an...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(3) **In his own likeness, after his image.**—That is, Adam handed down to his posterity that Divine likeness which he had himself received.
**Seth.**—See on Genesis 4:25.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17-22. builded a city--**It has been in cities that the human race has ever made the greatest social progress; and several of Cain's descendants distinguished themselves by their inventive genius in the arts.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 5
Chapter Outline
Adam and Seth.(1-5)
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch.(6-20)
Enoch.(21-24)
Methuselah to Noah.(25-32)
**Verses 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 and soul, but a sinner like himself....
Read full commentary →And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daug...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**23-24. Lamech said unto his wives--**This speech is in a poetical form, probably the fragment of an old poem, transmitted to the time of Moses. It seems to indicate that Lamech had slain a man in self-defense, and its drift is to assure his wives, by the preservation of Cain, that an unintentional homicide, as he was, could be in no danger.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 5
Chapter Outline
Adam and Seth.(1-5)
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch.(6-20)
Enoch.(21-24)
Methuselah to Noah.(25-32)
**Verses 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 and soul, but a sinner like himself....
Read full commentary →And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
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<strong>And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and...
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(5) **The days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years.**—The numbers in the Bible are involved in great difficulty, owing to the Hebrew method of numeration being to attach numerical values to letters, and add them together; and as the words thus formed are unmeaning, they easily become corrupted. Hence there is a great discrepancy in the numbers as specified by the three main authorit...
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**23-24. Lamech said unto his wives--**This speech is in a poetical form, probably the fragment of an old poem, transmitted to the time of Moses. It seems to indicate that Lamech had slain a man in self-defense, and its drift is to assure his wives, by the preservation of Cain, that an unintentional homicide, as he was, could be in no danger.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 5
Chapter Outline
Adam and Seth.(1-5)
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch.(6-20)
Enoch.(21-24)
Methuselah to Noah.(25-32)
**Verses 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 and soul, but a sinner like himself....
Read full commentary →And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: Enos: Heb. Enosh
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<strong>And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a r...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's...
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**26. men began to call upon the name of the Lord--**rather, by the name of the Lord. God's people, a name probably applied to them in contempt by the world.
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
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<strong>And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the pre...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: Cainan: Heb. Kenan
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<strong>And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous re...
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(9) **Enos lived ninety years.**—This proves that the years could not have been mere revolutions of the moon, as some have supposed. So Cainan was only seventy years of age at the birth of his son, and Mahalaleel sixty-five. In the LXX. no patriarch has a son until he is at least 162 years of age, so that the supposition there would be more tenable.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 5 Ge 5:1-32. Genealogy of the Patriarchs.
**1. book of the generations--**(See Ge 11:4).
**Adam--**used here either as the name of the first man, or of the human race generally.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, G...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
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<strong>And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the prese...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel
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<strong>And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a right...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughte...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**5. all the days ... Adam lived--**The most striking feature in this catalogue is the longevity of Adam and his immediate descendants. Ten are enumerated (Ge 5:5-32) in direct succession whose lives far exceed the ordinary limits with which we are familiar--the shortest being three hundred sixty-five, [Ge 5:23] and the longest nine hundred sixty-nine years [Ge 5:27]. It is useless to inquire whet...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
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<strong>And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the pres...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Jared: Heb. Jered
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<strong>And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughte...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
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<strong>And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment,...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
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<strong>And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservat...
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(18) **Jared.**—Heb., *Yered. *This name is supposed to mean the *descent, *especially of water. Hence many have endeavoured to show that he is the Indian water-god *Varuna; *but competent modern commentators regard all such Aryan expositions as exploded. Mr. Sayce tells us that the word in Assyrian means *servant *(*Chald. Gen. *311), but this is not quite satisfactory. Until, however, this very ...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
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<strong>And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgmen...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
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<strong>And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the...
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**Verses 6-20**
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is...
Read full commentary →And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala
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<strong>And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a...
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**Verses 21-24**
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to ...
Read full commentary →And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughter...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 21-24**
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to ...
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<strong>And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservati...
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**Verses 21-24**
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to ...
Read full commentary →And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
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<strong>And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of ...
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(24) **Enoch walked with God.**—This is translated in the LXX., “Enoch pleased God,” whence comes the “testimony” quoted in Hebrews 11:5. Really it gives the cause of which the Greek phrase is the effect; for it denotes a steady continuance in well-doing, and a life spent in the immediate presence of and in constant communion with God. (See Note on Genesis 4:18.)
**God took him.**—Instead of the m...
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**Verses 21-24**
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to ...
Read full commentary →And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
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<strong>And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the pre...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Lamech: Heb. Lemech
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<strong>And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and da...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
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<strong>And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, a...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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<strong>And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservati...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort
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<strong>And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our ...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(29) **He called his name Noah.**—This is the first recorded instance, since the days of Eve, of a child being named at his birth, and in both cases the name ended in disappointment. Noah brought no rest, but in his days came the flood to punish human sin. We have already noticed that this longing of Lamech for comfort is in strong contrast with the arrogance of his namesake of the race of Cain. (...
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**21. Enoch ... begat Methuselah--**This name signifies, "He dieth, and the sending forth," so that Enoch gave it as prophetical of the flood. It is computed that Methuselah died in the year of that catastrophe.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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<strong>And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughter...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
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<strong>And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, a...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
Read full commentary →And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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<strong>And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the p...
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(32) **Noah was five hundred years old.**—No reason is given why Noah had no son until he had attained to so ripe an age, nor, in fact, does it follow that he might not have had other sons, though unworthy of sharing his deliverance. It is remarkable also that neither of the three sons who were with him in the ark had offspring until after the flood. (See Genesis 11:19.) From them have sprung the ...
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**24. And Enoch walked with God--**a common phrase in Eastern countries denoting constant and familiar intercourse.
**was not; for God took him--**In He 11:5, we are informed that he was translated to heaven--a mighty miracle, designed to effect what ordinary means of instruction had failed to accomplish, gave a palpable proof to an age of almost universal unbelief that the doctrines which he ha...
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**Verses 25-32**
Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's co...
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