I. Adam Uncorrupted (Genesis 5:1-2)
A. Genesis 5:1 – This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
a. Parallel of NT Matthew 1:1 – The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham
1. Occurs only in connection with the first man (Adam) and the second man (Jesus Christ) and Son of man or Son of Adam.
2. Generation – genealogy or pedigree
b. Here we are about to begin exploring the Generations of Adam. Notice the similarities between this and Genesis 2:4 “The Generations of the Heaven and the Earth”(which should have commenced the 2nd chapter). Cain and his posterity were included in the generations of the heaven and the earth, but not in the generations of Adam. Abel is also not included; the possible reason being that he may have died childless.
B. Genesis 5:2 – Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
a. Here we finally see that God named Adam, who else did God name?
1. God named the first man, man named posterity (however some were at the instruction of God)
2. Notice God did not name Eve
3. God renamed others throughout scripture, including: renamed Abraham (Abram), Sarah (Sarai), Israel
b. This is interesting that God blessed them and called their name Adam. Remember Genesis 2:24, God looks upon them as one flesh. Is this how God looks upon married couples today? Gives more insight as to why homosexuality is an abomination to God, and why “same-sex marriage” is not a marriage at all, for two men or two women cannot be one flesh.
c. This sheds more light on why scripture appears slanted toward men, its not that men have any more significance than women, it may be that when God looks upon a married man and woman in His eyes they are one flesh and thus are given one name. Once this understanding is made evident, one could then argue that scripture is composed in perfect equality between the sexes.
II. Corrupted Adam (Genesis 5:3-5)
A. Genesis 5:3 – And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
a. So was this 130 years from Adam’s creation or 130 years from the fall? The beginning of the 130 years of Adam is 1,656 years before the flood
b. Seth - שת Sheth, compensation
c. Seth was born 1,526 years before the flood
d. So if Seth is in the likeness of Adam and according to 5:1 Adam was created in the likeness of God, this would lead one to the conclusion that Seth was also in the likeness of God. The author made a special point to draw attention to the fact that Seth was “in his own likeness, after his image”. Cain is never said to be in the likeness of Adam, but Seth is the appointed seed “instead of Abel” according to ; therefore, Abel can be said to have been in the likeness of Adam.
e. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan - When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he begot Seth, who resembled his image and likeness. For before that, Eve had borne Cain, who was not from him and who did not resemble him. Abel was killed by Cain, and Cain was banished, and his descendants are not recorded in the book of the genealogy of Adam. But afterwards he begot one who resembled him and he called his name Seth.
B. Genesis 5:4 – And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
a. Unlike Cain’s genealogy we are given the time of death.
b. Unlike Cain’s genealogy we can see other “sons and daughters” were begotten
C. Genesis 5:5 – And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
a. First recorded death of what we call today natural causes or old age. Ironic, since death is unnatural.
b. Notice God’s promise from is fulfilled, for Adam did in fact die “in that day”:
1. II Peter 3:8 – But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2. As we proceed through the genealogies you will see several men approach that 1000 year or “one day” threshold, but no one crosses it (other than Enoch and Elijah). Therefore, all who have gone before have surely died in that day.
III. The progeny of Adam (Genesis 5:6-27)
A. Genesis 5:6 – And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
a. Adam is now 235 years old (695 to go)
b. Enos - אנוש 'Enowsh (proper masculine noun) man, frail, incurable 1,421 years before the flood
B. Genesis 5:7 – And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
C. Genesis 5:8 – And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
D. Genesis 5:9 – And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
a. Adam is now 325 / 930 years old
b. Seth is now 195 / 912 years old
c. 1,331 years before the flood
E. Genesis – And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
a. Cainan - קינן Qeynan, possession
b. Interesting choice of a name. Remember after Enos whose name means frail, incurable and men began to profanely call upon the name of the Lord. Enos essentially chooses to name his son after his banished uncle.
F. Genesis – And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
a. Enos lived to be 905 years old, so his name which means frail and incurable obviously does not refer to his physical body, but most likely the frail and incurable state of his soul.
G. Genesis – And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
a. Mahalaleel - מהללאל Mahalal'el, praise of God
b. Adam is now 395 / 930 years old
c. Seth is now 265 / 912 years old
d. Enos is now 160 / 905 years old
e. 1,261 years before the flood
H. Genesis – And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
I. Genesis – And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
J. Genesis – And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
a. Jared - ירד Yered, descent
b. Adam is now 460 / 930 years old
c. Seth is now 330 / 912 years old
d. Enos is now 220 / 905 years old
e. Cainan is now 135 / 840 years old
f. 1,196 years before the flood
K. Genesis – And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
L. Genesis – And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
M. Genesis – And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
a. Enoch - חנוך Chanowk, teaching or initiation, dedicated
b. Adam is now 622 / 930 years old
c. Seth is now 492 / 912 years old
d. Enos is now 382 / 905 years old
e. Cainan is now 297 / 840 years old
f. Mahalaleel is now 227 /830 years old
g. 1,034 years before the flood
N. Genesis – And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
O. Genesis – And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
P. Genesis – And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
a. Methuselah - מתושלח Mĕthuwshelach, man of the dart or javelin
b. Adam is now 687 / 930 years old
c. Seth is now 557 / 912 years old
d. Enos is now 447 / 905 years old
e. Cainan is now 362 / 840 years old
f. Mahalaleel is now 292 /830 years old
g. Jared is now 227 / 962 years old
h. 969 years before the flood
Q. Genesis – And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
R. Genesis – And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
a. Interesting that 365 years corresponds to the number of days in a year
b. 57 years after Adam’s death, Enoch is translated
c. Seth is 857 / 912 years old when Enoch is translated
d. Enos is 747 / 905 years old when Enoch is translated
S. Genesis – And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
a. Hebrews 11:5 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
b. One of two men (Elijah) not to die II Kings 2:9
c. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan –Enoch worshipped in truth before the Lord, and behold he was not with the inhabitants of the earth because he was taken away and he ascended to the firmament at the command of the Lord, and he was called Metatron, the Great Scribe.
T. Genesis – And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
a. Lamech - למך Lemek (propermasculine noun) powerful
b. Adam is now 874 / 930 years old (so Adam was at least a great-great-great-great-great grandfather when he died)
c. Seth is now 744 / 912 years old
d. Enos is now 634 / 905 years old
e. Cainan is now 549 / 840 years old
f. Mahalaleel is now 479 /830 years old
g. Jared is now 414 / 962 years old
h. Enoch is now 252 years old (113 years before his translation)
i. 782 years before the flood
U. Genesis – And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
V. Genesis – And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
IV. Noah and his sons (Genesis -32)
A. Genesis – And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
a. 126 years after the death of Adam
b. 14 years after the death of Seth
c. Enos is now 816 / 905 years old
d. Cainan is now 731 / 840 years old
e. Mahalaleel is now 661 /830 years old
f. Jared is now 596 / 962 years old
g. 69 years after the translation of Enoch
h. Methuselah is now 369 / 969 years old 600 years before the flood, lives another 600 year? Was Methuselah killed in the flood, or did the Lord wait until Methuselah died until He sent the flood?
i. Lamech is now 182 / 777 years old, Lamech died 5 years before the flood
B. Genesis – And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
a. Noah - נח Noach, rest
C. Genesis – And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
D. Genesis – And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
E. Genesis – And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
a. Shem – שם Shem, name
b. Ham – חם Cham, hot
c. Japheth – יפת Yepheth, opened
d. Names are written here in reverse order :
1. Genesis – Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder…
2. Japheth is the older brother, scholars believe Shem is last here because the generations of Shem are those of significance with respect to the coming Messiah.
e. 626 years after the death of Adam
f. 514 years after the death of Seth
g. 411 years after the death of Enos
h. 401 years after the death of Cainan
i. 331 years after the death of Mahalaleel
j. 134 years after the death of Jared
k. 569 years after the translation of Enoch
l. Methuselah is 869/969 years old
m. Lamech is now 682 of 777 years old
n. 100 years before the flood
o. Were Shem, Ham and Japheth triplets? If they were all born in the same year, at the very least two would have had to have been twins
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