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He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.[a] Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 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.

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  1. 5:2 “Adam” and “Man” are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.

He created them(A) male and female(B) 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;(C) and he named him Seth.(D) After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  1. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam