Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

Genesis 5

• “I” The Image of God is “I”. Since the fall of man, man became his own idol.
• “I M” is the mimic name of the great “I AM”
• “I M A” shadow of the Almighty.
• “I M A Germaneness (shadow) of God.
• “I M A Germaneness (shadow) of the Everlasting.
• “IMAGE”

• I am made in the image of God.

• Extra biblical: Enoch sees the earth destroyed.

The Family of Adam

Genesis 5:¹ This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God (‘ĕlōhîm) created man, He made him in the likeness of God (‘ĕlōhîm). ² He created them male and female, and blessed them and called their name Mankind (literally, Adam) in the day they were created.

• ► Why did men live advanced years before the flood?

• Before the flood the earth had waters above the firmament and waters below the firmament.

• It is speculated there was an orb of ice surrounding the earth prior to the flood creating a tropical like terrarium for men on earth and shielding them from the sun’s rays resulting in longer life spans. This makes sense because:
  • A mist came up from the chambers below the crust of the earth,
  • There was no rain prior to the flood.
  • There wasn’t a rainbow prior to the flood. See God’s covenant with Noah Gen 9:12-15,
  • The amount of rain that fell on the earth meant it wasn’t a normal rainstorm, but rather that the ice was broken open and water spewed up from the chambers in the earth. Possibly explained by a comet breaking the ice shield and hitting the earth.
  • Psalm 74:15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers.

• ►How was man made in the image of God?

• ►Since God is invisible, it has to be interpreted as something other than physical appearance leaving a multitude of speculations some of which include: dominance (rule), communication (language), creating (by word or deed).

• ►Since man is made in God’s image, it is profane to think about man accepting the image of “the beast”, which is called the “mark of the beast”. For more detailed information see: The Mark of the Beast ~Barbara Grover

• ►The meaning of “image”
  • The meaning of the word “Image” is Strong’s h6754 ṣelem
    From an unused root meaning “a shade”. (As though man were made as a shadow of God)
    A shadow, outline, or an empty thing. Figuratively an illusion, something vain.
    
  • My Interpretation: Anyone believing he is not made in the image of God – but worships himself, is vain, empty, and his life is futile. Adam/Man was made in God’s image (A shadow of God) and it is God who fills him.
    
• Man is not a physical being having a spiritual experience. Man is a spiritual being having a physical experience.

 Genesis 5:³ And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. ⁴ After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.

 Genesis 5:⁵ So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

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• Humor:
  How did Adam and Eve die?
  Eve Got a Virus after taking one byte from Her Apple.
  Adam caught the Bug and Became Terminal.

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Genesis 5:⁶ Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. ⁷ After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters. 8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

Genesis 5:⁹ Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan. ¹⁰ After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters. ¹¹ So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

Genesis 5:¹² Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. ¹³ After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁴ So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

Genesis 5:¹⁵ Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared. 16 After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁷ So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, walked with God; Then he was not because God took him.

• Hebrews 11:5
• By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

• Jude 1:14
• Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,

Genesis 5:¹⁸ Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch. ¹⁹ After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²⁰ So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

Genesis 5:²¹ Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. ²² After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²³ So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

Genesis 5:²⁴ And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

• @Prophecy Fulfillment Alert: Mark 16:19 (The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated) (Old Testament prophecy fulfilled by Jesus)

• @Prophecy Fulfillment Alert: I Thessalonians 4:17, Hebrews 11:5 (The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated by the snatching up of believers) (Old Testament prophecy fulfilled by Jesus)

Enoch was spared from the coming judgment. His name, pronounced Chanokh in Hebrew, means “initiated,” or “dedicated,” the same word root as Chanukkah/Hanukah, the festival of dedication.

Likewise, the faithful are promised to be spared from the coming judgment of the seven year tribulation.

I Thessalonians 1:9b-10 how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

I Thessalonians 4:¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him (a pre-tribulation resurrection) those who sleep in Jesus (and a pre-tribulation rapture).

Numbers are important: it is no co-incident Enoch was born the seventh from Adam, when the meaning of the number seven is “covenant”.

Genesis 5:²⁵ Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

Genesis 5:²⁶ After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:²⁷ So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

• Methuselah is not only the longest living person in the bible, but according to genealogies of the Bible, he would have died the same year as the great world-wide flood of Noah.
• Methuselah was 186 yrs old when he had Lamech. Methuselah lived 969 yrs.
• Methuselah was the grandfather of Noah.
• Methuselah means “man of the dart”.
  
  • Strongs h4968
  • Dart = sword, weapon, spear, or branch, shoot (of a tree)
  • One can speculate about the meaning of this name referring to the fact that Jesus, who is the “Branch” has His genealogy traced through Methuselah in Luke 3:37

• For more information concerning the actual years of biblical events See: Timeline BC and/or BC Timeline (both by Barbara Grover)

Genesis 5:²⁸ Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son.

Genesis 5:²⁹ And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”

Genesis 5:³⁰ After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:³¹ So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

• Do not confuse the Lamech who descended from Able with the Lamech who descended from Cain.

Genesis 5:³² And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

• Methuselah, the longest living man in history, died the same year as the flood. Did he die in the flood?

• Do not confuse Lamech of Cain with Lamech of Seth. Also do not confuse Enoch of Cain with Enoch of the line of Seth.

• Lamech, son of Methuselah, lived a total of 777 years (3126 BC–2349 BC).
  Lamech’s Birth (3126 BC) to the birth of his son Noah (in 2944 BC) was 182 years.
  Birth of Lamech’s son Noah (in 2944 BC) to Lamech’s death in (2349 BC) was 595 years. (The Flood occurred 2344 BC, Five years before the flood.