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Genesis 5:1-3
New English Translation
Genesis 5:1-3
New English Translation
From Adam to Noah
5 This is the record[a] of the family line[b] of Adam.
When God created humankind,[c] he made them[d] in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”[e]
3 When[f] Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
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- Genesis 5:1 tn Heb “book” or “roll.” Cf. NIV “written account”; NRSV “list.”
- Genesis 5:1 tn Heb “generations.” See the note on the phrase “this is the account of” in 2:4.
- Genesis 5:1 tn The Hebrew text has אָדָם (ʾadam).
- Genesis 5:1 tn Heb “him.” The Hebrew text uses the third masculine singular pronominal suffix on the accusative sign. The pronoun agrees grammatically with its antecedent אָדָם (ʾadam). However, the next verse makes it clear that אָדָם is collective here and refers to “humankind,” so it is preferable to translate the pronoun with the English plural.
- Genesis 5:2 tn The Hebrew word used here is אָדָם (ʾadam).
- Genesis 5:3 tn Heb “and Adam lived 130 years.” In the translation the verb is subordinated to the following verb, “and he fathered,” and rendered as a temporal clause.
Genesis 5:1-3
New International Version
Genesis 5:1-3
New International Version
From Adam to Noah
5 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) 2 He created them(D) male and female(E) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[a] when they were created.
3 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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- Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
Genesis 5:1-3
King James Version
Genesis 5:1-3
King James Version
5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
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Genesis 5:1-3
English Standard Version
Genesis 5:1-3
English Standard Version
Adam's Descendants to Noah
5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, (A)he made him in the likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man[a] when they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and (B)named him Seth.
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- Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
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