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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:3

In 11 translations

BSB
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
KJV
¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
WEB
Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
ASV
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
LSV
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
YLT
And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.
DBY
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.
DRC
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.
GNV
Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.
JPS
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
LXXE
And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת׃
LXX-Br
Ἔζησεν δὲ Ἀδὰμ τριάκοντα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σήθ.

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👤 Adam👤 Seth◆ Lifetime of Adam◆ Birth of Seth

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 4:25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  • 1 Corinthians 15:39Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
  • Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
  • Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
  • Psalms 14:2–3The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
  • Job 15:14–16What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,…
  • John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
  • Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  • Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
  • Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
  • Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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