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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:1

In 11 translations

BSB
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
KJV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
WEB
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
ASV
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
LSV
This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God’s creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him;
YLT
This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
DBY
This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.ElohimElohim
DRC
This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
GNV
This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
JPS
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
LXXE
This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:Gr. book of generation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תּוֹלְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם בְּרֹ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אָדָ֔ם בִּדְמ֥וּת אֱלֹהִ֖ים עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων· ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἀδὰμ, κατʼ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν·

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  • Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
  • Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
  • Genesis 1:26–27Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So…
  • Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
  • Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
  • 1 Corinthians 11:7A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
  • Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
  • Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
  • Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Seth, Enosh,
  • Luke 3:36–38the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son…
  • Genesis 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
  • Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

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