CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 5
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32 verses in KJV · 146 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Genesis 5 (KJV)
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;
5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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:
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 3874 BC to c. 2348 BC
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Events connected to Genesis 5
Lifetime of Enoch4 linked versesLifetime of Lamech4 linked versesLifetime of Adam3 linked versesLifetime of Seth3 linked versesLifetime of Enos3 linked versesLifetime of Cainan3 linked versesLifetime of Mahlaleel3 linked versesLifetime of Jared3 linked versesLifetime of Methuselah3 linked versesBirth of Noah2 linked versesBirth of Seth1 linked verseBirth of Enos1 linked verseBirth of Cainan1 linked verseBirth of Mahlaleel1 linked verse
Original-language word-study starting points
H8141sha.nehyear · 48 occurrencesH3205ya.ladto beget · 28 occurrencesH3967me.ahhundred · 24 occurrencesH2421cha.yahto live · 17 occurrencesH3117yomday · 12 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 11 occurrencesH2568cha.meshfive · 10 occurrencesH310a.charafter · 9 occurrencesH1323batdaughter · 9 occurrencesH4191mutto die · 8 occurrencesH8672te.sahnine · 7 occurrencesH8083she.mo.neheight · 7 occurrencesH8346shish.shimsixty · 6 occurrencesH2585cha.nokhEnoch · 6 occurrences
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