Genesis 5:1-8
From Adam to Seth... [ Continue Reading ]
From Adam to Seth... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the book of the generations of Adam. This Chapter presents a short summary of the history of the believing Adamites in the form of a genealogical table, with a few explanatory notes. IN THE DAY THAT GOD CREATED MAN, IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD MADE HE HIM;... [ Continue Reading ]
male and female created he them, and called their name Adam in the day when they were created. The author here goes back to the history of the creation, Genesis 1:27. God created man male and female, and gave him the blessed knowledge of Himself, as well as perfect righteousness and holiness, beside... [ Continue Reading ]
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. Since Adam had lost the perfect image of God in the Fall, it was no longer possible for him to transmit the image of God to his offspring. Seth was born in the image of Adam, a... [ Continue Reading ]
And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters;... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. That the patriarchs before the Flood lived to such a ripe old age was probably due to the fact that their bodies were not yet so filled with the many tendencies toward sickness which are now so prevalent; they were phy... [ Continue Reading ]
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. In spite of the remarkably great age which these men reached, the ever-recurring refrain "and he died" reminds us of the fact that death had now entered the world, and that it is man's inevitable lot to become a prey of the ki... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan.... [ Continue Reading ]
From Enos to Jared... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years; and he died. Although there is some distant resemblance between some of the names in this list and those of the Cainites, the meaning which is attached to this fact by enemies of Scriptures as though the two accounts had originally been the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died. The ever recurring circle of birth and death is here brought out with great impressiveness, bidding us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM ENOCH TO SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him. Here we have the short account of Enoch and the praise in which the New Testament joins, Hebrews 11:5. He walked with God: he was in the most intimate intercourse, in the most confidential relation with God. He clung to the invisible God a... [ Continue Reading ]
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. Methuselah thus enjoys the distinction of having reached the greatest age recorded for any human being.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. It is seen here that even the patriarchs felt the misery of this earthly life in all its burdensomeness. But incidentally Lamech, in explaining... [ Continue Reading ]
And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. With Noah the genealogical table closes; he was the last patriarch before the Flood. His three sons are mentioned because each of them became the ancestor of a separate branch of the human family after the Flood. The follow... [ Continue Reading ]