2. Genesis 4
Descendants
of Cain
A picture of
those
following in
the way of
Cain
Genesis 5
Descendants
of Seth
A picture of
those
descended
through Seth
Genesis 6
Intermarriage of
sons of God and
daughters of
men
A picture of
moral
wickedness
3. Genealogy Formula
• His name.
• His age at the birth of his first son.
• The length of his remaining life (along
with a statement that he begot other
sons and daughters).
• His age at his death.
There are only three variations from this
formula: Adam (5:3), Enoch (5:22-24) and
Lamech (5:28-29).
4. Line of Cain Line of Seth
Eve named Cain as
she says, “I have
gotten a manchild with
the help of the LORD”
(4:1).
Adam called his name
Seth (5:3).
Cain murdered his
brother Abel (4:8).
Seth was appointed to
take Abel’s place
(4:25).
Cain’s son was named
Enoch - “Dedicated”
(4:17).
Seth’s son was named
Enosh - “Mortal” (5:6).
5. Line of Cain Line of Seth
Lamech was the
seventh from Adam
through Cain; he killed
a young man.
Enoch was the
seventh from Adam
through Seth; he
walked with God and
did not die.
6. Genesis 5:1-2
This is the book of the
generations of Adam. In the day
when God created man, He made
him in the likeness of God. 2 He
created them male and female,
and He blessed them and named
them Man in the day when they
were created.
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Adam
7. Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived one
hundred and thirty years, he
became the father of a son in his
own likeness, according to his
image, and named him Seth.
8. Genesis 5:4-5
Then the days of Adam after
he became the father of Seth
were eight hundred years, and he
had other sons and daughters.
5 So all the days that Adam lived
were nine hundred and thirty
years, and he died.
9. The Age of Humanity
• James Ussher (1581-1658)
reckoned a chronology that
put creation at Sunday,
October 23, 4004 B.C.
• Contradicted by archaeology
• Assumes no gaps in
genealogy
• Stylized genealogies
12. Genesis 5:21-22
Enoch lived sixty-five years,
and became the father of
Methuselah. 22 Then Enoch
walked with God three hundred
years after he became the father
of Methuselah, and he had other
sons and daughters.
13. Genesis 5:23-24
So all the days of Enoch
were three hundred and sixty-five
years. 24 Enoch walked with God;
and he was not, for God took him.
14. Lamech Enoch
Seventh from Adam
through Cain
Seventh from Adam
through Seth
He killed a man and
wrote a boastful song
of his deed.
He walked with God
and did not die.
15. And about these also Enoch, in the
seventh generation from Adam,
prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord
came with many thousands of His
holy ones, 15 to execute judgment
upon all, and to convict all the ungodly
of all their ungodly deeds which they
have done in an ungodly way, and of
all the harsh things which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him.”
(Jude 1:14-15).
16. By faith Enoch was taken up so that
he should not see death; and he was
not found because God took him up;
for he obtained the witness that before
his being taken up he was pleasing to
God. (Hebrews 11:5).
17. Genesis 5:28-29
Lamech lived one hundred
and eighty-two years, and became
the father of a son. 29 Now he
called his name Noah, saying,
“This one will give us rest from our
work and from the toil of our
hands arising from the ground
which the LORD has cursed.”
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Nacham
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Noach
