A.VERSES 1-20: A summary of the beginning of the race of man.
B.Genealogies are important as they lead us toward Abraham, and ultimately to Christ.
C.Not all genealogies are given, but a narrow trail is followed as one branch of the family tree is highlighted.
5:1 THIS [IS] THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS [GENEALOGY, NKJ] 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 [CALLED THEM MANKIND, NKJ] , 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:
5:4 AND THE DAYS OF ADAM AFTER HE HAD BEGOTTEN SETH WERE EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS: AND HE BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:5 AND ALL THE DAYS THAT ADAM LIVED WERE NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS: AND HE DIED.
**This is the BEGINNING of obituaries.
5:6 AND SETH LIVED AN HUNDRED AND FIVE YEARS, AND BEGAT ENOS:
5:7 AND SETH LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT ENOS EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVEN YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:8 AND ALL THE DAYS OF SETH WERE NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:9 AND ENOS LIVED NINETY YEARS, AND BEGAT CAINAN:
5:10 AND ENOS LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT CAINAN EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:11 AND ALL THE DAYS OF ENOS WERE NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:12 AND CAINAN LIVED SEVENTY YEARS, AND BEGAT MAHALALEEL:
5:13 AND CAINAN LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT MAHALALEEL EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:14 AND ALL THE DAYS OF CAINAN WERE NINE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:15 AND MAHALALEEL LIVED SIXTY AND FIVE YEARS, AND BEGAT JARED:
5:16 AND MAHALALEEL LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT JARED EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:17 AND ALL THE DAYS OF MAHALALEEL WERE EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY AND FIVE YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:18 AND JARED LIVED AN HUNDRED SIXTY AND TWO YEARS, AND HE BEGAT ENOCH:
5:19 AND JARED LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT ENOCH EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:20 AND ALL THE DAYS OF JARED WERE NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND TWO YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:21 AND ENOCH LIVED SIXTY AND FIVE YEARS, AND BEGAT METHUSELAH:
5:22 AND ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AFTER HE BEGAT METHUSELAH THREE HUNDRED YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
**WALKED WITH GOD: Lived a righteous life, conforming to God's will; He did it for 300 years, whereas some fall by the wayside before 300 days.
5:23 AND ALL THE DAYS OF ENOCH WERE THREE HUNDRED SIXTY AND FIVE YEARS:
5:24 AND ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD: AND HE [WAS] NOT; FOR GOD TOOK HIM.
A.Enoch is important as a man of faith - cf Heb 11:5.
B.Elijah is the only other one who was translated - 2Ki 2:9-11.
5:25 AND METHUSELAH LIVED AN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND SEVEN YEARS, AND BEGAT LAMECH:
5:26 AND METHUSELAH LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT LAMECH SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND TWO YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:27 AND ALL THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH WERE NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND NINE YEARS: AND HE DIED.
A.We probably would not even notice Methuselah except for one thing (the oldest man) -- Only three verses given to him.
B.AND HE DIED: Other than the fact he had children, this is all we know about him.
5:28 AND LAMECH LIVED AN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND TWO YEARS, AND BEGAT A SON:
5:29 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.
**Noah did not reverse the CURSE, but in some way gave COMFORT.
5:30 AND LAMECH LIVED AFTER HE BEGAT NOAH FIVE HUNDRED NINETY AND FIVE YEARS, AND BEGAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
5:31 AND ALL THE DAYS OF LAMECH WERE SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY AND SEVEN YEARS: AND HE DIED.
5:32 AND NOAH WAS FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD: AND NOAH BEGAT SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH.
A.Many years passed in the first five Chapters of GENESIS.
B.The population grew and people went their separate ways.
C.The Bible has told us very little about this early period.
D.The Flood wiped out all traces of life, so the archaeologists have uncovered very little information from the era.
E.There are ten generations of believers named from Adam to Noah; Assuming there are no gaps in the genealogies, if we take the figures of the ten generations listed plus Noah's age when the Flood began (600 - Gen 7:11), we have a total of 1656 years from Adam to the Flood. The study of Chronology is fascinating, but there are many complexities, and we cannot be certain about much of it before the time of Abraham.