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Genesis 5:2

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;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam”.

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ¶

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:

What does Genesis 5:2 mean?

Genesis 5:2 is a verse in the book of Genesis, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זָכָר (zâkâr), נְקֵבָה (nᵉqêbâh), בָּרָא (bârâʼ). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Maleזָכָרzâkâr/zaw-kawr'/H2145properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
and
femaleנְקֵבָהnᵉqêbâh/nek-ay-baw'/H5347female (from the sexual form)
createdבָּרָאbârâʼ/baw-raw'/H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
he
them;
and
blessedבָרַךְbârak/baw-rak'/H1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
them,
and
calledקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
their
nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Adam,אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
in
the
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
when
they
were
created.בָּרָאbârâʼ/baw-raw'/H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

Commentary on Genesis 5:2

HENRY_FULL · Genesis 5:2
en240" This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the verity of the Hebrew text) 1656 years, as may easily be computed by the ages of the patriarchs, before they begat that son through whom the line went down to Noah. This is one of those which the apostle calls "endless genealogies" ( 1 Tim. i. 4 ), for Christ, who was the end of the Old-Testament law, was also the end of the Old-Testament genealogies; towards him they looked, and in him they centered. The genealogy here recorded is inserted briefly in the pedigree of our Saviour ( Luke iii. 36-38 ), and is of great use to show that Christ was the "seed of the woman" that was promised. We have here an account, I. Concerning Adam, ver. 1-5 . II. Seth, ver. 6-8 . III. Enos, ver. 9-11 . IV. Cainan, ver. 12-14 . V. Mahalaleel, ver. 15-17 . VI. Jared, ver. 18-20 . VII. Enoch, ver. 21-24 . VIII. Methuselah, ver. 25-27 . IX. Lamech and his son Noah, ver. 28-32 . All scripture, being given by inspiration of God, is profitable, though not all alike profitable. Genealogies. ( b. c. 3852.)

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Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. the man: or, Adam

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish

Malachi 2:15

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully

Acts 17:26

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

1 Kings 1:47

And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

1 Kings 4:31

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

2 Samuel 12:24

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

2 Samuel 12:25

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD

2 Samuel 12:28

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. it be called: Heb. my name be called upon it

2 Samuel 18:18

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Samuel 18:28

And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. All: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace delivered: Heb. shut up

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What does Genesis 5:2 say?

Genesis 5:2 (King James Version) reads: "Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."

Is Genesis 5:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Genesis 5:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Genesis.

Who wrote the book of Genesis?

The book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses.

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