When Genesis describes two families, it first describes the less important one. And after that, it describes the more important one. So it describes the family of Adam’s son, Cain, in Genesis 4:17-22. And in this chapter, it describes the family of Adam’s other son, Seth. Cain was older than Seth. B... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 5 ADAM’S FAMILY V1 These are Adam’s *descendants. When God created man, he made man similar to God. V2 He created them as man and woman. He promised good things to them. He called them ‘Man’ when he created them.... [ Continue Reading ]
We do not know whether this list of names is complete. Perhaps it leaves out some names. For example, verse 6 may mean, ‘Seth lived for 105 years and then he became a father. And one *descendant of Seth was Enosh.’ And other verses may have a similar meaning. (See the comment on Genesis 4:18-22.) G... [ Continue Reading ]
Enoch did not die. Instead, God took him into heaven. (See Hebrews 11:5.) The Bible tells us about one other person who did not die. That was Elijah. God took Elijah into heaven. (See 2 Kings 2:1, 11.)... [ Continue Reading ]
This Lamech is not the same person as the Lamech that Genesis 4:23-24 mentions.... [ Continue Reading ]
This does not mean that Shem, Ham and Japheth were born at the same time. This verse probably means, ‘Noah lived for 500 years and then he became the father of Shem. And in the next few years he became the father of Ham and of Japheth.’ DESCENDANTS ~ children and grandchildren and later members of t... [ Continue Reading ]