New King James Version
Genesis 5:3
3And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
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 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 book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters. 5So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
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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 5:20So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
- Genesis 5:6Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
- Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14“What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
- Job 25:4How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
- Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
- Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the 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 5:12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
- 1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
- Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
- Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
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
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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
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