Genesis chapter 5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died. When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died. When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died. When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died. When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died. After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
This is the book of the generations of Adam,…. An account of persons born of him, or who descended from him by generation in the line of Seth, down to Noah, consisting of ten generations; for a genealogy of all his descendants is not here given, not of those in the line of Cain, nor of the collateral branches in the line of Seth, only of those that descended one from another in a direct line to Noah. (Gill)
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. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, To dust thou shalt return. Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man’s life is but dying by degrees. (Henry)
There were 1656 years between the creation of Adam to the flood. There were 126 years between the death of Adam and the birth of Noah. Noah lived 350 years after the flood and died 2 years before the birth of Abraham.
Table 1: Dates of biblical events from Creation
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Event/Person |
Passage |
Total Time from Creation (years) |
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God created everything. |
Genesis 1–2 |
0 |
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Adam became the father of Seth at 130. |
Genesis 5:3 |
0 + 130 = 130 |
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Seth became the father of Enosh at 105. |
Genesis 5:6 |
130 + 105 = 235 |
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Enosh became the father of Kenan at 90. |
Genesis 5:9 |
235 + 90 = 325 |
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Cainan became the father of Mahalalel at 70. |
Genesis 5:12 |
325 + 70 = 395 |
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Mahalalel became the father of Jared at 65. |
Genesis 5:15 |
395 + 65 = 460 |
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Jared became the father of Enoch at 162. |
Genesis 5:18 |
460 + 162 = 622 |
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Enoch became the father of Methuselah at 65. |
Genesis 5:21 |
622 + 65 = 687 |
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Methuselah became the father of Lamech at 187. |
Genesis 5:25 |
687 + 187 = 874 |
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Lamech became the father of Noah at 182. |
Genesis 5:28 |
874 + 182 = 1056 |
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The Flood started when Noah was 600. |
Genesis 7:6 |
1056 + 600 = 1656 |
