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He named his son Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When Adam had lived 130 years, he became the father of <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of <i>a son</i> in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father [of a son] in his own likeness, in his own image. He named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him, that is, according to his own likeness, and named him Seth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth a son in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Adam shall live thirty and one hundred years, and shall beget in his likeness, according to his image, and will call his name Seth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years. And then he conceived a son in his own image and likeness, and he called his name Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he begot a son in his likeness, after his image; and he named him Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Adam had lived one hundred thirty years, he became the father of a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and he begot in his likeness, according to his image, and he called his name Shayth:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot <i>a son</i> after his <i>own</i> form, and after his <i>own</i> image, and he called his name Seth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/5-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1030" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">The Descendants of Adam</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.” <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/121.htm" title="121: ’ā·ḏām (N-proper-ms) -- The same as 'adam; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine.">When Adam</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: way·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: šə·lō·šîm (Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">130</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: ū·mə·’aṯ (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years old,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yō·w·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">he had a son</a> <a href="/hebrew/1823.htm" title="1823: biḏ·mū·ṯōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Likeness, similitude. From damah; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like.">in his own likeness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6754.htm" title="6754: kə·ṣal·mōw (Prep-k:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol.">after his own image;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and he named him</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8352.htm" title="8352: šêṯ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Adam. From shiyth; put, i.e. Substituted; Sheth, third son of Adam.">Seth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-1.htm">1 Chronicles 1:1</a></span><br />Adam, Seth, Enosh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-38.htm">Luke 3:38</a></span><br />the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a></span><br />For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">1 Corinthians 15:45</a></span><br />So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26-27</a></span><br />Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a></span><br />Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a></span><br />And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-6.htm">Genesis 9:6</a></span><br />Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1-2</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-4.htm">Hebrews 11:4</a></span><br />By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-12.htm">1 John 3:12</a></span><br />Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a></span><br />This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Genesis 11:10</a></span><br />This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-20.htm">Genesis 5:20</a></b></br> And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-6.htm">Genesis 5:6</a></b></br> And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:</p><p class="hdg">in his.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4</a></b></br> Who can bring a clean <i>thing</i> out of an unclean? not one.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14-16</a></b></br> What <i>is</i> man, that he should be clean? and <i>he which is</i> born of a woman, that he should be righteous? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/25-4.htm">Job 25:4</a></b></br> How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean <i>that is</i> born of a woman?</p><p class="hdg">called.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a></b></br> And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, <i>said she</i>, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-14.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/revelation/21-17.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Image</a> <a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Likeness</a> <a href="/genesis/4-26.htm">Seth</a> <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/9-6.htm">Image</a> <a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Likeness</a> <a href="/genesis/5-4.htm">Seth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-5.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Recapitulation of the creation of man.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When Adam was 130 years old</b><br>This phrase indicates the age of Adam at the time of Seth's birth, highlighting the longevity of early humans as recorded in Genesis. The long lifespans in <a href="/genesis/5.htm">Genesis 5</a> are often seen as a reflection of the pre-Flood world, where conditions may have been different. This age also suggests a significant period of time had passed since the creation and the events of <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3 and 4</a>, allowing for the population to grow and for Cain's descendants to establish their own lineage.<p><b>he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image</b><br>This phrase echoes the language of <a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26-27</a>, where God creates man in His own image. Here, the transmission of the image is from Adam to Seth, indicating the continuation of the human race and the inherent dignity and value of human life. It also suggests the fallen nature of humanity, as Seth inherits not only the image of God but also the marred image due to Adam's sin. This concept of likeness and image is foundational for understanding human identity and the need for redemption.<p><b>and he named him Seth</b><br>The naming of Seth is significant as it marks the continuation of the godly line through which the promise of <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> would be fulfilled. Seth's name means "appointed" or "granted," reflecting Eve's recognition of God's provision after the loss of Abel. This lineage is crucial for the unfolding of redemptive history, as it leads to Noah and eventually to Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of God's promise to bring salvation to humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/adam.htm">Adam</a></b><br>The first man created by God, living in the Garden of Eden before the Fall. He is a central figure in the genealogy of humanity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seth.htm">Seth</a></b><br>The third son of Adam and Eve, born after Cain and Abel. Seth is significant as the ancestor through whom the godly line continues.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/likeness_and_image.htm">Likeness and Image</a></b><br>These terms refer to the resemblance and characteristics passed from Adam to Seth, echoing the language used in <a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26-27</a> about humanity being made in God's image.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_continuation_of_god's_plan.htm">The Continuation of God's Plan</a></b><br>Despite the Fall and the sin of Cain, God’s plan for humanity continues through Seth. This teaches us about God's sovereignty and faithfulness in maintaining His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_heritage.htm">The Importance of Godly Heritage</a></b><br>Seth's birth signifies the continuation of a godly line. It reminds us of the importance of raising children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humanity's_reflection_of_god.htm">Humanity's Reflection of God</a></b><br>Just as Seth was in the likeness of Adam, we are made in the image of God. This calls us to reflect God's character in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Adam's legacy continued through Seth. We are encouraged to consider the legacy we are leaving for future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'antediluvian'_mean.htm">What does "antediluvian" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_date_of_noah's_flood.htm">What is the date of Noah's flood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_human_fossils_over_6,000_years_old.htm">How do we explain human fossils older than 6,000 years?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_myth_explain_christianity_better.htm">How does comparative mythology explain Christian stories better than divine inspiration?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">In his own likeness, after his image.</span>--That is, Adam handed down to his posterity that Divine likeness which he had himself received.<p><span class= "bld">Seth.</span>--See on <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm" title="And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.">Genesis 4:25</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3-5.</span> - At the head of the Adamic race stands the first man, whose career is summarized in three short verses, which serve as a model for the subsequent biographies. <span class="cmt_word">And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years.</span> <span class="accented">Shanah</span>, a repetition, a return of the sun s circuit, or of similar natural phenomena; from <span class="accented">shanah</span>, to fold together, to repeat; hence a year (Gesenius, Furst). Cf. Latin, <span class="accented">annus</span>; Greek, <span class="greek">ἐνιαυτός</span>; Gothic, <span class="accented">Jar</span>, <span class="accented">jar</span>, <span class="accented">jet</span>; German, jahr; English, <span class="accented">year - all</span> of which "seem to carry the same thought, viz., that which comes again" (T. Lewis). "<span class="accented">Shanah</span> never means month" (Kalisch). <span class="cmt_word">And begat a son in his own likeness</span>, <span class="accented">- damuth</span> (cf. <a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">after his image</span> <span class="accented">- tselem</span> (cf. Genesis1:26); not the Divine image in which he was himself created (Kalisch, Knobel, Alford), but the image or likeness of his own fallen nature, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the image of God modified and corrupted by sin (Keil, Murphy, Wordsworth). "A supernatural remedy does not prevent generation from participating in the corruption of sin. Therefore, according to the flesh Seth was born a sinner, though he was afterwards renewed by the Spirit of grace" (Calvin). The doctrine of inherited depravity or transmitted sin has been commonly held to favor the theory which accounts for the origin of the human soul <span class="accented">per traducem</span> (Tertullian, Luther, Delitzsch), in opposition to that which holds it to be due to the creative power of God (Jerome, Augustine, Calvin, Beza, Turretin). Kalisch thinks the statement "Adam begat Seth in his own image ' decisive in favor of Traducianism, while Hodge affirms "it only asserts that Seth was like his father, and sheds no light, on the mysterious process of generation ('Syst. Theol.,' Part I. <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. § 2). The truth is that Scripture seems to recognize both sides of this question. <span class="accented">Vide</span> <a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a> in favor of Traducianism, and <a href="/psalms/139-14.htm">Psalm 139:14-16</a>; Jeremiah L 5 in support of Creationism (cf. Martensen's 'Dogmatics,' § 74), though there is much force in the words of Augustine "De re obscurissima disputatur, non adjuvantibus divinarum scripturarum certis clarisque documentis." <span class="cmt_word">And called his name</span> - probably concurring in the name selected by Eve (<a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">Seth</span> - Appointed, placed, substituted; hence compensation (<a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And the days of Adam after he had begotten</span> - literally, <span class="accented">his begetting - <span class="cmt_word"></span>Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.</span> "In that primitive time the births did not rapidly follow each other - a fact which had to indicate that his having a posterity at all was conditioned by the ripeness of his faith. At the same time the lateness of paternity among these primeval men may have been partly due to a physical cause as well, "since in exact accordance with the increasing degeneracy and rankness of human life is there, in a literal sense, the increase of a numerous and wretched offspring" (Lange). <span class="cmt_word">And all the days that Adam</span> - not the whole tribe (Gatterer, <span class="accented">vide</span> Bohlen; cf. Balgarnie, 'Expositor,' vol. 8.), "as in this case Enoch must have been taken to heaven with his whole family" (Kalisch); but the individual bearing that name - <span class="cmt_word">lived were nine hundred and thirty years</span>. The remarkable longevity of the Macrobii has been explained - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> <span class="accented">On the supposition of its non</span>-<span class="accented">authenticity</span>. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> As a purely mythical conception (Knobel, Bauer, Hartmann, Bohlen); which, however, may be safely rejected as an altogether inadequate hypothesis. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> As due to an error in the traditional transmission of the genealogical registers, several names having fallen out, leaving their years to be reckoned to those that remained (Rosenmüller); but against this conjecture stands the orderly succession of father and son through ten generations. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/5-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Adam</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_121.htm">Strong's 121: </a> </span><span class="str2">Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">130</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirty, thirtieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years old,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had a son</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּ֥וֹלֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his own likeness,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(biḏ·mū·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1823.htm">Strong's 1823: </a> </span><span class="str2">Resemblance, model, shape, like</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after his own image;</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṣal·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6754.htm">Strong's 6754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he named him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Seth.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵֽׁת׃</span> <span class="translit">(šêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8352.htm">Strong's 8352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seth -- a son of Adam</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">OT Law: Genesis 5:3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years (Gen. 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