Genesis 5

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:21

21. Enoch . . . begat Methuselah—This name signifies, "He dieth, and the sending forth," so that Enoch gave it as prophetical of the flood. It is computed that Methuselah died in the year of that catastrophe. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:24

24. And Enoch walked with God—a common phrase in Eastern countries denoting constant and familiar intercourse. was not; for God took him—In Hebrews 11:5, we are informed that he was translated to heaven—a mighty miracle, designed to effect what ordinary means of instruction had failed to accomplish, gave a palpable proof to an age of almost universal unbelief that the doctrines which he had taught (Judges 1:14; Judges 1:15) were true and that his devotedness to the cause of God and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:26

26. Lamech—a different person from the one mentioned in the preceding chapter [ :-]. Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah—that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Genesis 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve. That this expectation was founded on a divine communication we infer from the importance attached to it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:32

32. Noah was five hundred years old: and . . . begat—That he and the other patriarchs were advanced in life before children were born to them is a difficulty accounted for probably from the circumstance that Moses does not here record their first-born sons, but only the succession from Adam through Seth to Abraham. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 5:1-8

C. What became of Adam 5:1-6:8The primary purpose of this second toledot section appears to be to link the generations of Adam and Noah. The cursed human race continued to multiply, and human beings continued to die. Yet the record of Enoch gives hope."Genealogies in this book of genealogies . . . serve several purposes, depending in part on the nature of the genealogy. Broad genealogies present only the first generation of descendants (e.g., "the sons of Leah . . . the sons of Rachel . . . "... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 5:1-32

1. The effects of the curse on humanity ch. 5There are at least three purposes for the inclusion of this genealogy, which contains 10 paragraphs (Genesis 5:1-32).1. It shows the development of the human race from Adam to Noah and bridges the gap in time between these two major individuals. One writer argued that the ages of these patriarchs were inflated to glorify them. [Note: R. K. Harrison, "From Adam to Noah: A Reconsideration of the Antediluvian Patriarchs’ Ages," Journal of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 5:1-32

The Descendants of Adam to NoahThe purpose of the historian in giving the names and ages of the antediluvian Patriarchs was, no doubt, to show the glorious ancestry of the chosen race, and to account for the period between the Creation and the Flood. This, according to the Hebrews, was 1656 years. (See on Genesis 10:32.) Various attempts have been made to explain the great ages attributed to these Patriarchs, but they are purely conjectural, and the view now generally held is that the Hebrews,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:1

V.PATRIARCHAL GENEALOGY FROM ADAM TO NOAH.(1) This is the book of the generations of Adam.—See on Genesis 2:4, and Excursus on the Books of Generations.In the likeness of God.—Man is now a fallen being, but these words are repeated to show that the Divine likeness was not therefore lost, nor the primæval blessing bestowed at his creation revoked. As man’s likeness to God does not mainly consist in moral innocence (see on Genesis 1:26), it was not affected by the entrance into the world of sin,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:3

(3) In his own likeness, after his image.—That is, Adam handed down to his posterity that Divine likeness which he had himself received.Seth.—See on Genesis 4:25. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:5

(5) The days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years.—The numbers in the Bible are involved in great difficulty, owing to the Hebrew method of numeration being to attach numerical values to letters, and add them together; and as the words thus formed are unmeaning, they easily become corrupted. Hence there is a great discrepancy in the numbers as specified by the three main authorities, the Hebrew text making the length of time from the expulsion from Paradise to the flood 1656... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:24

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:26

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 5:32

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 5:1-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 5:1-32

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 5:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 5:5

Verse of the Day

Daily Devotional

Group of Brands