Genesis 5:1
BOOK OF THE GENERATION. Only here and Matthew 1:1, "the second man" and "last Adam". IN THE DAY. See Genesis 2:17 and App-18. GOD. Elohim. MAN. Art. not needed. the man Adam. App-14. HIM. Emph. reference to Adam.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOK OF THE GENERATION. Only here and Matthew 1:1, "the second man" and "last Adam". IN THE DAY. See Genesis 2:17 and App-18. GOD. Elohim. MAN. Art. not needed. the man Adam. App-14. HIM. Emph. reference to Adam.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM, i.e. Adam and Eve, going back to Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
OWN. Adam _created_ in God's likeness. All his descendants _begotten_ in Adam's likeness, after his Fall. See Psalms 51:5.Romans 5:12. SETH. Refers back to Genesis 4:25, and develops his line.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAYS OF ADAM. None of these particulars are given of Cain's line. Not even of their deaths. BEGAT. If Adam begat after Seth, so doubtless others after Cain and Abel.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENOS. See Genesis 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAINAN. Hebrew. possession.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAHALALEEL. praise of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
JARED. descent.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENOCH. teaching, or initiation.... [ Continue Reading ]
METHUSELAH. when he is dead it shall be sent, i.e. the Deluge.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKED. walked to and fro; why not literally as with Adam before the Fall? Genesis 2:19; Genesis 3:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK HIM. See Hebrews 11:5. Translated without dying: as Elijah was, 2 Kings 2:9. Enoch was "the seventh from Adam" (Jude 1:14). He prophesied "by faith". Therefore Divinely instructed, Romans 10:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMECH (powerful).... [ Continue Reading ]
NOAH. rest, comfort, or consolation. Genesis 8:21. COMFORT US CONCERNING. give us rest from. WORK: should be _works_ (with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, &c). WORK AND TOIL. grievous toil, or trouble, " _works_ " reference probably to the evil deeds going on around. See Genesis 6:3, and... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE. See chronology of Patriarchs. App-22. BEGAT. See Genesis 6:10 below. SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH. Named in inverted order. Japheth was the elder (Genesis 10:21), Shem the youngest, and, as in other cases, the youngest chosen for the blessing. Compare the inversion of the order in Genesis 10:1, and... [ Continue Reading ]