Genesis
Chapter 5
1- This is THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
2- Male and female created He them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
This will be a list of Adam’s offspring. Notice Cain is not in this list of Adam’s generations, because he was not Adam’s son. Cain was begotten by Satan.
3- And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4- And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5- And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6- And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7- And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8- And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9- And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10- And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11- And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12- And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Mahalaleel= praise of God. #4111 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible.
13- And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
14- And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15- And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Jared= a descent, #3382 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible.
16- And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years: and begat dons and daughters:
17- And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18- And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Enoch= to initiate or discipline, dedicate, train up; #2585, from the primitive root #2596 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible.
19- And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20- and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21- And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and he begat Methuselah:
Methuselah was the longest living man. The primitive root of his name means, long; #4970 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible.
22- And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23- And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24- And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
God took Enoch. See Hebrews 11:5. Bullinger notes in the Companion Bible that translated without dying. Similar to Elijah; see 2 Kings 2:9. Jude 14 sates Enoch was the seventh from Adam, “prophesied by faith”; therefore divinely instructed, Romans 10:17. Enoch was teaching against mixing with fallen angels. The book of Enoch in the apocrypha also makes for interesting reading. We recommend the Goodspeed Apocryphs for those who wish to read it.
25- And Methuelah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26- And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27- And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28- And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and he begat a son:
29- 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.”
Noah means rest, comfort or consolation. #5146 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible.
30- And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31- And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32- And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
They are named in reverse order. Shem is the youngest and Japheth is the oldest.
Japheth is expansion #3315 from the primitive root #6601 in the Strong’s Concordance of the bible; to open, in a mental or moral sense, to make simple in a sinister way, delude, to deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one.)
Ham means hot (from a tropical habitat.) #2526 in the Strong’s.
Shem is #8035, the primitive root is #8034 in the Strong’s Concordance and means: through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; an apellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality, honor authority, character, fame, name, renown, report.