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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”Cited in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6Hebrew Adam
KJV
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
WEB
He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.“Adam” and “Man” are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.
ASV
male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
LSV
a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.
YLT
a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.
DBY
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
DRC
He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
GNV
Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created.
JPS
male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
LXXE
male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.Alex. their.

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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
זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בְּרָאָ֑ם וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָ֗ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָם֙ אָדָ֔ם בְּי֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς· καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀδὰμ, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
  • Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  • Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  • Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
  • Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
  • Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
  • Genesis 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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