Gen. 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;
Gen. 5:2 Male
and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in
the day when they were created.
In
chapter 5 God again reminds us that man was created in the likeness
(resemblance) of God. It is also
emphasized that we were created male and female. God called them Adam (the Hebrew root means a human being or
the species of mankind).
Gen. 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:
Gen. 5:4 And
the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he
begat sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:5 And all
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Gen. 5:6 And
Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Gen. 5:7 And
Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons
and daughters:
Gen. 5:8 And
all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Gen. 5:9 And
Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Gen. 5:10 And
Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:11 And
all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Gen. 5:12 And
Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Gen. 5:13 And
Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:14 And
all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Gen. 5:15 And
Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Gen. 5:16 And
Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:17 And
all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he
died.
Gen. 5:18 And
Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Gen. 5:19 And
Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
Gen. 5:20 And
all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Gen. 5:21 And
Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Gen. 5:22 And
Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:23 And
all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Gen. 5:24 And
Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Gen. 5:25 And
Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Gen. 5:26 And
Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and
begat sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:27 And
all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Gen. 5:28 And
Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Gen. 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.
Gen. 5:30 And
Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Gen. 5:31 And
all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Gen. 5:32 And
Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The
thing that stands out first in the genealogy is the age to which the men lived
and were fathering children.
Enoch
had the shortest life span on this earth (365 years) and Methusaleh the longest
(969 years).
Enoch
is the only one described as having Òwalked with God.Ó Then we are told that Òhe was no more,
because God took him awayÓ--Just a statement; no other explanation is
given. No description of how the
people responded when he was taken.
Evidently, it was an accepted fact that God took him. Enoch is an obvious type of the rapture
of the church. Enoch was ÒtakenÓ
69 years before Noah was born.
10/05
Greg Laurie spoke at service regarding EnochÕs walk with God. He pointed out that the scripture only
specifies that two men walked with God—Enoch and Noah (Genesis 6:9). He made a connection to a verse in Amos
that speaks volumes.
Amos
3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
He also pointed out that
the writer of Hebrews tells us that Enoch had a testimony (a witness, his life
gave evidence) that he pleased God.
The obvious question—Does my testimony do the same? The only significant thing I found
about Enoch that he didnÕt bring up was that Enoch was a prophet according to
Jude; he prophesied that the Lord would come to earth with His saints in
judgment of the ungodly.
Jude 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Adam and Seth both lived
until the time of Lamech, NoahÕs father.
Methuselah died the year
of the great flood.
Another interesting fact
is that NoahÕs descendants were born after he was 500 years old. In comparing the wording of the
preceding genealogical info, one could deduce that Shem, Ham & Japheth were
triplets. Genesis 10:21 indicates
that Japheth was the elder brother to Shem. Genesis 11:10 states that Shem was 100 when his first child
was born two years after the flood; this would mean that Noah was 502 when Shem
was born.
Noah was contemporary
with all the patriarchs except Adam, Seth, and Enoch.
All the patriarchs listed
were dead before the flood.
At some point I made note
of a teaching about the gospel through the meanings of the names of the
patriarchs. I searched the
internet to try to find the source.
One site mentioned Chuck Missler as her source, who would have been a
likely source for my note.
Adam Man
– mankind
Seth appointed
Enosh mortal
Cainan sorrow
Mahalalel the
Blessed God
Jared shall
come down – descends
Enoch teaching
or dedicating (commencement)
Methuselah his death shall bring
Lamech the
despairing
Noah rest
or comfort
ÒMan (is) appointed
mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down, teaching (or) dedicating;
His death shall bring the despairing rest.Ó