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The History of Adam’s Family

This is the history of Adam’s[a] family. When God created people, he made them like himself.[b] He created them male and female. And on the same day he made them, he blessed them and called them “humans.”[c]

After Adam was 130 years old, he had another son. This son looked just like Adam.[d] Adam named his son Seth.

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  1. Genesis 5:1 Adam This name means “man” or “people.” It is like the word meaning “earth” or “red clay.”
  2. Genesis 5:1 When God … like himself Literally, “He made him in the image of God.” See Gen. 1:27; 5:3.
  3. Genesis 5:2 humans The Hebrew word means “Adam,” “man,” or “people.”
  4. Genesis 5:3 he had … like Adam Or “he fathered a son in his image and likeness.” In Hebrew this is like Gen. 1:27; 5:1.

From Adam to Noah

This is the written account(A) of Adam’s family line.(B)

When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.(C) He created them(D) male and female(E) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[a] when they were created.

When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(F) and he named him Seth.(G)

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  1. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam