King James Version
Genesis 5:1 in the King James Version says “This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”
Genesis 5:1 · KJV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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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“of the generations”
H8435(plural only) descent, i.e., family; (figuratively) history
“In the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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