Genesis 5:1-32
The Family of Adam (1 Chr. 1:1–4; Luke 3:36–38)
1 This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. 3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4 After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters. 5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
6 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. 7 After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters. 8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
9 Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan. 10 After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters. 11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
12 Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. 13 After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters. 14 So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared. 16 After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters. 17 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch. 19 After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech. 26 After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters. 27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.” 30 After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. 31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
This detailed account of the descendants of the first man Adam is given to us for many reasons. It begins with how Adam was created in the very image of God to bear His likeness in spirit and in works. It then describes mankind as that man and the woman Eve that make up the entirety of the whole of man and not just the initial male person, both created the same day but in sequence as the roles of each show later. We are meant to be couples made up of one man with one woman as in the beginning, and not in any other way. Adam bore an heir child in his image who in turn bore God’s image as a pattern of continuation to be fruitful and multiply until the Son of Man and of God would come from the seed (Genesis 3:15, Romans 1:3-4, Galatians 3:16, 19, 29) as promised. Most of these descendants lived to be over nine hundred years old! Only Mahalalel and Lamech lived less than that, as well as Enoch who lived about a third of that, but it was only because he had walked so close to the LORD that God took him home early out of the world to be with him like (2 Kings 2:11) Elijah to come later. This same Enoch who lived the shortest life on earth out of these original sons of Adam had a child Methuselah who was the oldest to ever live. Then came Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Genesis 7:13) who would be among the eight souls to survive (1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5) the cleansing flood of judgment on the sins of the world. More will follow in this account of the lives and death of many while telling of the chosen ones to continue the lineage of Adam and of all mankind until the Messiah, the Seed of Hope to us all to be found in Him.
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