‘This is the book of the history of Adam.' This would fit most suitably as a colophon towards what has gone before, a record connected with Adam. But it could signify the history of Adam which was to follow. This colophon (see article, " ") could well have been at the bottom of the tablet indicati... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HISTORY OF AND GENEALOGY OF NOAH (GENESIS 5:1 A - GENESIS 6:9) (TABLET III) This section commences with a list of ten patriarchs from Adam to Noah, and is followed by a passage where God makes a covenant with man after a particularly devastating example of man's downward slide. As always in Gen... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM ADAM TO NOAH Genesis 5:2 (Genesis 5:1) ‘In the day that 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.' The passage reflects a knowledge of the traditions behind Genesis 1. The word ‘created'... [ Continue Reading ]
‘When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hu... [ Continue Reading ]