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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:1-32

Chapter 5Now chapter five,This is the book of the generations of Adam. [And as you read these generations of Adam and as it lists them for us] In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived one hundred and twenty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth ( Genesis 5:1-3 ).So you see Adam was a hundred... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 5:1-32

Genesis 5:1. The book of generations; the princely line of holy patriarchs, from whom the Messiah descended. Genesis 5:4. And begat sons and daughters; but not being primogenitors of the promised Heir, the register of their names is kept in heaven. Genesis 5:5. Adam lived 930 years. Sanchoniatho, the Phœnician historian, calls Adam, Cronus; and though he gives but eight fathers before the deluge, he confirms the testimony of Moses respecting their longevity. Heathen testimonies... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 5:1-32

Genesis 5:1-32This is the book of the generations of AdamDistinguished menI.SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE PECULIARITY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. Adam; the first human being to (1) inhabit the earth, (2) hold communion with God, (3) be led astray. II. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR MARVELLOUS LONGEVITY. Methuselah. III. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE VILLAINY OF THEIR MORAL CONDUCT. IV. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR ANCESTRAL LINE OF... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 5:6

Gen 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: Ver. 6. And begat Enos, ] that is, Sorry-man, which was appellatio a dolore. Nomen cure re convenit. Homo enim est animal aerumnis plenum, imo ipsa aerumna, et calamitas, ut est apud Herodotum See Trapp on " Gen 5:9 " . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 5:6

am 235, bc 3769 begat: Genesis 4:26 Reciprocal: Luke 3:37 - Mathusala read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 5:6-19

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

The Book of the Generations of Adam, Genesis 5:1 to Genesis 6:8. Here begins another of the main divisions of our volume. As observed in the Introduction, (p. 50,) it is not an account of the origin or creation of Adam, nor even of his oldest progeny, but of his posterity through the line of Seth, who is treated as having taken the place of Abel. Genesis 4:25. It is our author’s habit to unfold a series of events connected as in a chain of causes and effects, and then to return and take up one... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 5:6

6. Enos This word signifies man, and may denote that the race begins anew from Seth . For the meaning of the other names in the list, see above, page 110 . read more

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