Genesis 5:1

1. This is the book ספר , translated book, is not necessarily an extended treatise; it is simply a writing complete in itself, long or short . The “bill of divorcement” (Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3) is ספר . In this passage the word is applied to an ancient genealogical register, perhaps of the age of Noah, which the inspired author incorporates in his work.

In the likeness of God Repeated from chapter 1:26, setting forth, in a single phrase, man’s original nature and character.