Bible Strands
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The verse functions as a chronological entry in a patriarchal genealogy, recording Adam’s age and the birth of his third son. The narrator documents a specific moment when Adam reaches 130 years and fathers Seth.
The words — וַיּוֹלֶד (va.yo.leD) translates literally as "and he became a father," while בִּדְמוּתוֹ (bi.d'mu.TO) and כְּצַלְמוֹ (ke.tzal.MO) mean "in his likeness" and "according to his image."
The thread — The same birth event is recorded in Genesis 4:25, and the tension between human condition and divine standard appears in Job 14:4 and Job 15:14.
Why it lands — The text explicitly states that Adam fathered a son who shares his likeness and image, requiring the reader to observe how the genealogy tracks biological descent before addressing later theological questions about human purity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Cross-references
- Genesis 4:25 And 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.”
- Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 14:2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Luke 1:35 The 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.
- John 3:6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- Romans 5:12 Therefore, 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.
- 1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
- Ephesians 2:3 All 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.