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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 5 - Introduction

* Adam and Seth. (1-5) The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch. (6-20) Enoch. (21-24) Methuselah to Noah. (25-32)

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See also Genesis 5 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Descendants of Seth. (P.) On the Cainites and Sethites, see note at the close of the chapter. In Genesis 4:25-26 a commencement was made of the Sethite genealogy taken from J. In ch. 5 a fresh st...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE GENEALOGY, AGE, AND DEATH OF THE PATRIARCHS DESCENDED FROM ADAM BY SETH TO NOAH. ENOCH PLEASES GOD, AND, AFTER HAVING BEGOTTEN METHUSELAH, IS TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN._ GENERAL REFLECTIONS. _on Chap....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5 This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 1. B.C. 4004._ This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the Hebrew text) one thousand six hundred...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The genealogie, age, and death of the Patriarchs from Adam vnto Noah. 24 The godlinesse and translation of Enoch. 1 THIS is the [NOTE: 1 Chronicles 1:1.] booke of the generations of Adam: In the d...

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