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Genesis 5:2 KJV
Genesis · chapter 5 · verse 2
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.Genesis 5:2 · King James Version
Genesis 5:2 in context
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. 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.
3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own 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 begat sons and daughters:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- createdbârâʼto createH1254 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- femalenᵉqêbâhfemaleH5347 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- Malezâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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The first words of the chapter are the title or argument of the whole chapter: it is the book of the generations of Adam; it is the list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam, not of all, but only of the holy seed who were the substance thereof (Isa 6:13), and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came (Rom 9:5),…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5