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Genesis 5:1-32

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. ² Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. ³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. ⁴ The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. ⁵ Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. ⁷ Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. ⁸ Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. ¹⁰ Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. ¹³ Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. ¹⁶ Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. ¹⁹ Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

²¹ When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. ²² Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. ²⁶ Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son ²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” ³⁰ Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. ³¹ Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

³² After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Summary: In spite of the escalation and progression of sin from Cain and his descendants, Genesis 5 offers a pivotal point in the narrative through a genealogy that records the progression of the line of promise. The hope of one who would crush the serpent remains alive not in Cain’s descendants but in Seth’s line. 

However, intermingled with this hopeful genealogy is the reality of sin’s ultimate effect - death. God warned Adam and Eve in Genesis 2:17 that the day they eat of the fruit they “will surely die.” Chapter 5 of Genesis records the consequence of sin as each firstborn son lives and he dies. The repetition of “he died” darkens the bright promise given to the woman of the seed that will crush death. 

This genealogy is a mixture of hope and death. As the reader waits for God to fulfill His promise, one sees the firstborn son live and then die which seems to amplify the inevitability of death. Even Enoch in his righteousness could not stop the curse of sin within his line. 

The promise of salvation is not fulfilled in the genealogy of Genesis 5. One has to wait until the genealogy of Matthew and Luke which trace this line of promise that culminates in the person of Jesus Christ. This firstborn son would die but unlike the firstborn sons in Genesis 5, he would put death to death in His substitutionary atonement and resurrection to life!

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