Genesis 5:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 5:2

From Adam to Noah Genesis 5:2 (Genesis 5:1-2) ‘In the day that God created man he made him in the likeness of God, male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them man when they were created.’ The passage reflects a knowledge of the traditions behind Genesis 1:0. The word ‘created’ is used three times to stress that man was a perfectly created being, as in Genesis 1:0. “In the likeness of God.” This also parallels Genesis 1:0. But as Genesis 1:0 also reminds us (Genesis... read more

Arthur Peake

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

Genesis 5:1-Jonah : . Sethite Genealogy of Antediluvians.— With the exception of Genesis 5:29 this comes from P, as is clear from the style, each statement being cast in the same mould, and the whole forming a mere catalogue of names and dates. There is a striking divergence between the Heb., Sam., and LXX figures, the period from the Creation to the Flood being reckoned as 1656, 1307, and 2242 (a variant yields 2262) years respectively. The question is very complex; here the editor’ s view... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 5:2

See Genesis 1:26; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6. He blessed them with power to propagate their kind, and with other blessings. See Genesis 1:28. Called their name Adam; which name is given both to every man, as Genesis 9:6; Psalms 49:20, and to the first man, as Genesis 2:23, and to the whole kind, both the man and the woman, who are called by one name, to show their intimate union and communion in all things. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 5:1-32

CRITICAL NOTES.—Notwithstanding the measure of difficulty standing in the way of ascertaining the meaning of the proper names of Scripture, the subject cannot be wisely neglected: what we do know is every now and then most striking and suggestive; and what we do not know, and with existing appliances cannot learn, occasionally possesses an interest almost amounting to fascination. We know enough to feel intensely curious to know more. In fact, these old names have the charm of fossils—they were... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:2

Genesis 5:2 I. No sooner was Adam made, than it was at once resolved that he should not be alone; and God proceeded to create Eve. So even in heaven Christ's happiness was not complete without His Church. He came that His yearning heart might have a people to be His own. II. As Eve was brought to Adam, so the Church was brought to Christ. III. As from that moment Adam and Eve were treated as one, so in everything Christ's people are one with their Lord. IV. In the dignity and happiness of Adam... read more

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 5:2

Gen 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Ver. 2. Male and female created he them. ] The Jews at this day have base conceits of women: as that they have not so divine a soul as men; that they are of a lower creation, made only for the propagation and pleasure of man, &c. a And therefore they suffer them not to enter the synagogue, but appoint them a gallery without. Thus “they err, not knowing the Scriptures.”... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 5:2

Male: Genesis 1:27, Malachi 2:15 their: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:23, *marg. Acts 17:26 Reciprocal: Genesis 1:8 - God Matthew 19:4 - that Mark 10:6 - God Luke 3:38 - of God read more