Genesis 5 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
1 ESTE es el libro de las generaciones de Adam. El día en que crió Dios al hombre, á la semejanza de Dios lo hizo;
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
2 Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created.
2 Varón y hembra los crió; y los bendijo, y llamó el nombre de ellos Adam, el día en que fueron criados.
2 He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
3◆ Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.
3 Y vivió Adam ciento y treinta años, y engendró [un hijo] á su semejanza, conforme á su imagen, y llamó su nombre Seth.
3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
4◆ And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
4 Y fueron los días de Adam, después que engendró á Seth, ochocientos años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
4 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
5 Y fueron todos los días que vivió Adam novecientos y treinta años, y murió.
5 All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
6 Y vivió Seth ciento y cinco años, y engendró á Enós.
6 Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh.
7◆ And Sheth liued, after he begate Enosh, eight hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
7 Y vivió Seth, después que engendró á Enós, ochocientos y siete años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
7 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
8 Y fueron todos los días de Seth novecientos y doce años; y murió.
8 All of the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
9 Y vivió Enós noventa años, y engendró á Cainán.
9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
10◆ And Enosh liued, after he begate Kenan, eight hundreth and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
10 Y vivió Enós después que engendró á Cainán, ochocientos y quince años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
10 Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
11 Y fueron todos los días de Enós novecientos y cinco años; y murió.
11 All of the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
12 Y vivió Cainán setenta años, y engendró á Mahalaleel.
12 Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
13◆ And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
13 Y vivió Cainán, después que engendró á Mahalaleel, ochocientos y cuarenta años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
13 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters
14 Y fueron todos los días de Cainán novecientos y diez años; y murió.
14 and all of the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
15 Y vivió Mahalaleel sesenta y cinco años, y engendró á Jared.
15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Jared.
16◆ Also Mahalaleel liued, after he begate Iered, eight hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
16 Y vivió Mahalaleel, después que engendró á Jared, ochocientos y treinta años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
16 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
17 Y fueron todos los días de Mahalaleel ochocientos noventa y cinco años; y murió.
17 All of the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
18 Y vivió Jared ciento sesenta y dos años, y engendró á Henoch.
18 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch.
19◆ Then Iered liued, after he begate Henoch, eight hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
19 Y vivió Jared, después que engendró á Henoch, ochocientos años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
19 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Y fueron todos los días de Jared novecientos sesenta y dos años; y murió.
20 All of the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
21 Y vivió Henoch sesenta y cinco años, y engendró á Mathusalam.
21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
22◆ And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
22 Y caminó Henoch con Dios, después que engendró á Mathusalam, trescientos años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
22 After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
23 Y fueron todos los días de Henoch trescientos sesenta y cinco años.
23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
24 Caminó, pues, Henoch con Dios, y desapareció, porque le llevó Dios.
24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
25 Y vivió Mathusalam ciento ochenta y siete años, y engendró á Lamech.
25 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
26◆ And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
26 Y vivió Mathusalam, después que engendró á Lamech, setecientos ochenta y dos años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
26 Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
27 Fueron, pues, todos los días de Mathusalam, novecientos sesenta y nueve años; y murió.
27 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
28 Y vivió Lamech ciento ochenta y dos años, y engendró un hijo:
28 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
29◆ And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.
29 Y llamó su nombre Noé, diciendo: Este nos aliviará de nuestras obras, y del trabajo de nuestras manos, á causa de la tierra que Jehová maldijo.
29 He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”
30◆ And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
30 Y vivió Lamech, después que engendró á Noé, quinientos noventa y cinco años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
30 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31 Y fueron todos los días de Lamech setecientos setenta y siete años; y murió.
31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
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
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
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
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
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
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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).
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“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)