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Genesis 5:2

Genesis 5:2
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Male and female created he them,.... Adam and Eve, the one a male, the other a female; and but one male and one female, to show that one man and one woman only were to be joined together in marriage,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 5:1-5

The first words of the chapter are the title or argument of the whole chapter: it is the book of the generations of Adam; it is the list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam, not of all, but only of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

male and female, &c. This clause is repeated from Gen 1:27.

blessed them From Gen 1:27. The words of the command, "be fruitful and multiply," &c., which accompanied the blessing, are not repeated;…

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