1 Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων· ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἀδὰμ, κατʼ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν· 2 Ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς· καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀδὰμ, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς. 3◆ Ἔζησεν δὲ Ἀδὰμ τριάκοντα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σήθ. 4◆ Ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδὰμ, ἃς ἔζησε μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σὴθ, ἔτη ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 5◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδὰμ, ἃς ἔζησε, τριάκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανεν. 6◆ Ἔζησε δὲ Σὴθ πέντε καὶ διακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώς. 7◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Σὴθ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἐνὼς, ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 8◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Σὴθ δώδεκα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 9◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἐννεήκοντα· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν. 10◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καϊνᾶν, πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη καὶ ἑπτκόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 11◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἐνὼς πέντε ἔτη καὶ ἐννακόσια· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 12◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Καϊνᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ. 13◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαλελεὴλ, τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 14◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Καϊνᾶν δέκα ἔτη καὶ ἐννακόσια· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 15◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεὴλ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰάρεδ. 16◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεὴλ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἰάρεδ, ἔτη τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 17◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαλελεὴλ, ἔτη πέντε καὶ ἐννενήκοντα καὶ ὀκτακόσια· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 18◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἑκατὸν· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώχ. 19◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἐνὼχ, ὀκτακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 20◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰάρεδ, δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 21◆ Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼχ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα. 22◆ Εὐηρέστησε δὲ Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαθουσάλα, διακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 23◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἐνὼχ, πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια ἔτη. 24◆ Καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ· καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, ὅτι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός. 25◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Λάμεχ. 26◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Λάμεχ, δύο καὶ ὀκτακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 27◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαθουσάλα ἃς ἔζησεν, ἐννέα καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 28◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Λάμεχ ὀκτὼ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱόν. 29◆ Καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νῶε, λέγων, οὗτος διαναπαύσει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λυπῶν τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἧς κατηράσατο Κύριος ὁ Θεός. 30◆ Καὶ ἔζησε Λάμεχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Νῶε, πεντακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ πέντε ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 31◆ Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Λάμεχ, ἑπτακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα τρία ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε. 32◆ Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων· καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱοὺς, τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ.
Genesis · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Genesis 5 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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
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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).
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)