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 record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth. 4The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters. 5The entire lifetime of Adam was 930 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Adamאָדָם'âdâm · AdamH121
• livedחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• in his own likenessדְּמוּתdemûth · likenessH1823
• after his imageצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• and calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Sethשֵׁתshêth · SethH8352

Cross-references for Genesis 5:3

• Genesis 5:20The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:6When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
• Job 14:4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
• Job 15:14What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
• Job 25:4How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
• Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
• Psalms 51:5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
• Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
• John 3:6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Romans 5:12So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned –
• 1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.
• Ephesians 2:3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
• Genesis 4:25And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed 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