1 Сїѧ̀ кни́га бытїѧ̀ человѣ́ча, во́ньже де́нь сотворѝ бг҃ъ а҆да́ма, по ѡ҆́бразꙋ бж҃їю сотворѝ є҆го̀, 2 мꙋ́жа и҆ женꙋ̀ сотворѝ и҆̀хъ и҆ блгⷭ҇вѝ и҆̀хъ: и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ а҆да́мъ, во́ньже де́нь сотворѝ и҆̀хъ. 3◆ Поживе́ же а҆да́мъ лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ три́десѧть и҆ родѝ сы́на по ви́дꙋ своемꙋ̀ и҆ по ѡ҆́бразꙋ своемꙋ̀, и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ си́ѳъ. 4◆ Бы́ша же дні́е а҆да́мѡвы, ꙗ҆̀же поживѐ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ си́ѳа, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 5◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е а҆да́мѡвы, ꙗ҆̀же поживѐ, лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ три́десѧть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 6◆ Поживе́ же си́ѳъ лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ пѧ́ть и҆ родѝ є҆нѡ́са. 7◆ И҆ поживѐ си́ѳъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ є҆нѡ́са, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ и҆ се́дмь, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 8◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е си́ѳѡвы лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ двана́десѧть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 9◆ И҆ поживѐ є҆нѡ́съ лѣ́тъ сто̀ де́вѧтьдесѧтъ и҆ родѝ каїна́на. 10◆ И҆ поживѐ є҆нѡ́съ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ каїна́на, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ и҆ пѧтьна́десѧть, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 11◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е є҆нѡ́сѡвы лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ пѧ́ть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 12◆ И҆ поживѐ каїна́нъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ се́дмьдесѧтъ и҆ родѝ малелеи́ла. 13◆ И҆ поживѐ каїна́нъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ малелеи́ла, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ и҆ четы́редесѧть, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 14◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е каїна́нѡвы лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ де́сѧть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 15◆ И҆ поживѐ малелеи́лъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ шестьдесѧ́тъ пѧ́ть и҆ родѝ і҆а́реда. 16◆ И҆ поживѐ малелеи́лъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ і҆а́реда, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ и҆ три́десѧть, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 17◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е малелеи́лѡвы лѣ́тъ ѻ҆́смь сѡ́тъ и҆ де́вѧтьдесѧтъ пѧ́ть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 18◆ И҆ поживѐ і҆а́редъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ шестьдесѧ́тъ два̀ и҆ родѝ є҆нѡ́ха. 19◆ И҆ поживѐ і҆а́редъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ є҆нѡ́ха, лѣ́тъ ѻ҆́смь сѡ́тъ, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 20◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е і҆а́редѡвы лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ шестьдесѧ́тъ два̀: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 21◆ И҆ поживѐ є҆нѡ́хъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ шестьдесѧ́тъ пѧ́ть и҆ родѝ маѳꙋса́ла. 22◆ Оу҆годи́ же є҆нѡ́хъ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ поживѐ є҆нѡ́хъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ маѳꙋса́ла, лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 23◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е є҆нѡ́хѡвы лѣ́тъ три́ста шестьдесѧ́тъ пѧ́ть. 24◆ И҆ ᲂу҆годѝ є҆нѡ́хъ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ не ѡ҆брѣта́шесѧ, занѐ преложѝ є҆го̀ бг҃ъ. 25◆ И҆ поживѐ маѳꙋса́лъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ ѻ҆́смьдесѧтъ се́дмь и҆ родѝ ламе́ха. 26◆ И҆ поживѐ маѳꙋса́лъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ ламе́ха, лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ ѻ҆́смьдесѧтъ два̀, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 27◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е маѳꙋса́лѡвы, ꙗ҆̀же поживѐ, лѣ́тъ де́вѧть сѡ́тъ и҆ шестьдесѧ́тъ де́вѧть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 28◆ И҆ поживѐ ламе́хъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ ѻ҆́смьдесѧтъ ѻ҆́смь и҆ родѝ сы́на, 29◆ и҆ наречѐ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ нѡ́е, глаго́лѧ: се́й ᲂу҆поко́итъ на́съ ѿ дѣ́лъ на́шихъ и҆ ѿ печа́ли рꙋ́къ на́шихъ, и҆ ѿ землѝ, ю҆́же проклѧ̀ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ. 30◆ И҆ поживѐ ламе́хъ, по є҆́же роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ нѡ́а, лѣ́тъ пѧ́ть сѡ́тъ и҆ шестьдесѧ́тъ пѧ́ть, и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри. 31◆ И҆ бы́ша всѝ дні́е ламе́хѡвы лѣ́тъ се́дмь сѡ́тъ и҆ пѧтьдесѧ́тъ трѝ: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. 32◆ И҆ бѣ̀ нѡ́е лѣ́тъ пѧтѝ сѡ́тъ, и҆ родѝ сы́ны трѝ, си́ма, ха́ма, і҆а́феѳа.
Genesis · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Adam
Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5
Enoch
He walked with God, and was not, for God took him — he did not die.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5
Enosh
In his days people first began to call on the name of the LORD.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:26; 5:6–11
Jared
Father of Enoch, who lived nine hundred sixty-two years.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:15–20
Kenan
A quiet link in the long line from Seth toward Noah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:9–14
Lamech
He named his son Noah, hoping for rest from the toil of cursed ground.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:25–31
Mahalalel
His name means 'praise of God,' one link in the primeval line.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:12–17
Methuselah
The oldest man recorded in Scripture, living nine hundred sixty-nine years.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–27
Noah
A righteous man who found favor with God and rode out the flood in an ark.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:28–9:29
Seth
The son granted in Abel's place, through whom the godly line continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:25–5:8
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10; Genesis 1:26–27; Hebrews 1:3; 1 Corinthians 11:7
- 2 Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Genesis 2:23; Malachi 2:15; Genesis 1:27
- 3 Genesis 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:39; John 3:6; Job 25:4; Ephesians 2:3
- 4 1 Chronicles 1:1–3; Luke 3:36–38; Genesis 5:10; Genesis 5:7; Genesis 5:19
- 5 Genesis 5:11; Genesis 5:8; Genesis 3:19; 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
- 6 Genesis 4:26
- 9 Luke 3:37; 1 Chronicles 1:2
- 12 Luke 3:37
- 15 1 Chronicles 1:2
- 18 Jude 14–15; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Genesis 4:17; Luke 3:37
- 21 Luke 3:37
- 22 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Genesis 17:1; Malachi 2:6; Genesis 6:9; Luke 1:6
- 24 Hebrews 11:5–6; 1 John 1:7; Genesis 5:22; Luke 23:43; 2 Kings 2:11
- 25 Genesis 4:18
- 29 Matthew 24:37; 2 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 11:7; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 14:14
- 32 Genesis 6:10; Genesis 10:21; Genesis 7:13; 1 Chronicles 1:4–28; Genesis 10:32
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Genesis 5 and 11: why the patriarchs’ ages differ
In the Greek Septuagint most patriarchs in Genesis 5 and 11 become fathers about 100 years later than in the Hebrew text, and Genesis 11 adds a second Cainan, whom St Luke also names (Luke 3:36). The result is a world history over a thousand years longer. The Byzantine calendar was built on the Greek numbers. No doctrine depends on either set.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Then because it is written, "And Seth lived 205 years," or, according to the Hebrew reading, "105 years, and begat Enos," who but a rash man could affirm that this was his first-born?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For in ordinary language an image is a motionless representation of that which has motion; but in this case it is the living reproduction of the Living One, and is more exactly like than was Seth to Adam, or any son to his father.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Will any man do so when it is written of him, "And he begat sons and daughters, and all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died?" And similarly regarding those whose years are afterwards mentioned, it is not disguised that they begat sons and daughters.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Further, Seth signifies "resurrection," and Enos his son signifies "man," not as Adam, which also signifies man, but is used in Hebrew indifferently for man and woman, as it is written, "Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam," leaving no room to doubt that though the woman was distinctively called Eve, yet the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)