King James Version
Genesis 5:3 in the King James Version says “And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Se...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:”
Genesis 5:3 · 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:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“a son in his own likeness”
H1823resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
“after his image”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
“and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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