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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.

Context of Genesis 5:3

1This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5Altogether, Adam lived a total of 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 5:20Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:6When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
• Job 14:4Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
• Job 15:14“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
• Job 25:4How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
• Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
• Psalms 51:5Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
• Luke 1:35The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
• John 3:6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
• Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
• 1 Corinthians 15:39Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.
• Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
• Genesis 4:25Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since 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