Genesis 5:3

Genesis 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
• New International Version (NIV)When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Context of Genesis 5:3

1This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him. 2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth. 4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 5And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

Genesis 5:3 word by word

וַֽיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת׃Read the interlinear

• Adamאָדָם'âdâm · AdamH121
• livedחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• likenessדְּמוּתdemûth · likenessH1823
• imageצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Sethשֵׁתshêth · SethH8352

Cross-references for Genesis 5:3

• Genesis 5:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
• Genesis 5:6And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
• Job 14:4Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
• Job 25:4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?
• Psalms 14:2Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
• Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Luke 1:35And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.
• John 3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Romans 5:12For this [cause], even as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; and thus death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
• 1 Corinthians 15:39Every flesh [is] not the same flesh, but one [is] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another [flesh] of birds, and another of fishes.
• Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
• Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ...For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him.

Commentaries on Genesis 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, etc. - The Scripture chronology especially in the ages of some of the antediluvian and postdiluvian patriarchs, has exceedingly puzzled chronologists, critics, and divines. The printed Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, and Josephus, are all different, and have their respective vouchers and defenders. The following tables of the genealogies of the patriarchs before and after the flood, according to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-32Verses 1-32 - Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר sepher “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן qēynān Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. מהללאל mahelal'ēl Mahalalel, “praise of El.” 15. ירד yerĕd Jered, “going down.” 21. מתוּשׁלה metûshālach Methushelach, “man of the missile.” 29. נה noach Noach, “rest,” נחם nācham “sigh; repent; pity; comfort oneself; be revenged.” 32. שׁם shēm Shem, “name, fame; related: be high.” חם chām…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3in his own likeness, after his own image: The image and likeness of God continue to exist in all human beings even after sin entered the world (see note on 1:26). When Adam had children, they carried both the image of God and the effects of Adam's sin (Romans 5:12–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. book of the generations--(See Ge 11:4). Adam--used here either as the name of the first man, or of the human race generally.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 5:3

• Adam
• Eve
• Heredity
• Seth

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Seth
• Seth; Sheth
• Generation
• Toil
• Walk
• Year
• Adam in the New Testament
• Adam in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha
• Antediluvian Patriarchs

Commentaries on Genesis 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings