Bible Strands
Genesis 5:2
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God concludes the creation narrative at Genesis 5:1–2 before introducing the genealogical record in Genesis 5:3, addressing the reader with a summary statement about the first humans.
The words — בְּרָאָ֑ם (be.ra.'am) literally means "He created them," and וַ/יְבָ֣רֶךְ (va/y.Va.rekh) means "and He blessed them," directly stating the divine actions performed on the first pair.
The thread — The specific phrase regarding the creation of male and female is quoted in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6, where Jesus references the initial creative act without extending the citation to the blessing or naming.
Why it lands — The text states that God called the first humans "man" on the day they were created, requiring a reader to recognize the explicit divine designation that precedes the subsequent genealogical record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Cross-references
- Matthew 19:4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Mark 10:6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Genesis 2:23 And 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.”
- Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Malachi 2:15 Has 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 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
- Acts 17:26 From 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.