Bible Strands
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative author introduces a formal genealogical record to transition from the primordial account of Adam to the specific lineage of the patriarchs.
The words — תּוֹלְדֹת (tol-dot) denotes a recorded lineage or descendants, while אֱלֹהִים ('Elohim) functions as the divine subject who actively creates and establishes the pattern for humanity.
The thread — This declaration of humanity bearing God’s image and likeness reappears in Genesis 1:26, is echoed in the Pauline exhortations to clothe oneself in the renewed self of Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10, and establishes the theological baseline for all subsequent biblical anthropology.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to identify human identity as a direct derivative of divine action rather than autonomous achievement, grounding all moral and spiritual renewal in that original creative act.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Cross-references
- Ephesians 4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Genesis 1:26 Then 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.”
- Hebrews 1:3 The 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 high.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember 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 11:7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- Matthew 1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, 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?
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 And 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.