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Genesis 5:3

Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,.... The Septuagint version, through mistaken, gives the number two hundred and thirty years:

and begat a son; not that he had no other children during…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, etc. - The Scripture chronology especially in the ages of some of the antediluvian and postdiluvian patriarchs, has exceedingly puzzled chronologists,…

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

in his own likeness, after his image Cf. Gen 1:26. Man was made inGod's image, afterHis likeness; he begets a son, inhis own likeness, afterhis image. Many Heb. MSS., however, only read "in his…