GENESIS 5:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”

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Genesis 5:1 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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This זֶ֣ה The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that This
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the book סֵ֔פֶר Properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book book
of the generations תּוֹלְדֹ֖ת (plural only) descent, i.e., family; (figuratively) history generations
of Adam. אָדָ֑ם Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine Adam
In the day בְּי֗וֹם A 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) day
that God אֱלֹהִים֙ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
created בְּרֹ֤א (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) created
man, אָדָ֔ם Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) man
in the likeness בִּדְמ֥וּת Resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like likeness
of God אֱלֹהִ֖ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
made עָשָׂ֥ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application made
he him; עָשָׂ֥ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application he him

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  • 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;

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

  • 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:




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