January 17 - Genesis 5 Genealogy

Genesis 5

 

This is the written account of Adam’s family line. 

 

When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And the named them “Mankind” when they were created. 

 

When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. 

 

When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh. After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died. 

 

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died. 

 

When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died. 

 

When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughter. Altogether Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died. 

 

When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. 

 

When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughter. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Encoh walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. 

 

When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. After he became the father of Lamech, methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. 

 

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.” After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. 

 

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

 

Ok, remember the 4 main parts of the Bible? 

 

1 - God created life out of chaos

2 - man is drawn to the chaos

3 - God reconciled man from the chaos

4 - man is invited into the process of reconciling all things back to God

 

Well, check this out. . . 

 

Even the first genealogy in the Bible tells this story. 

 

Listen to the names of the people in this lineage. 

 

Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. 

 

Now a deep study into the root of the names goes even deeper than what one might thing the name means. Listen to what the Hebrew language means for each of these names and then listen to the story it tells. . . Ready. . 

 

Adam - Man

Seth - appointed

Enosh - Man - or mortal

Kenan - Sorrow 

Mahalalel - The blessed of God or the praise of God

Jared -shall“Descent” or “to come down”

Enoch - Dedicated or Teaching

Methuselah - His death shall bring

Lamech - the despairing

Noah - rest or comfort

 

So the picture here if you read the meaning of the names in order is a story. . 

 

Man appointed, mortal sorrow, the blessed God shall come down teaching, and his death shall bring the despairing rest or comfort. 

 

Simply in the genealogy, there is a story of the redemption that God intended to bring from the beginning. This doesn’t surprise me, because it was in Genesis 3 that God first reveals his plan to save the world through Jesus. 

 

What you will see from the first book of the Bible through the final book, is that God is working to redeem all things back to him ever since the fall of man. His desire is that all things be brought back to him, so that he can bring life to the chaos once again. And that, is the God we serve! 

 

So remember, God loves you so much, that he has been working out a plan to redeem you since before you even knew you needed to be saved! He loves you, and has a great plan for you! 

 

So don’t forget that!

 

No matter what you are facing, or what you have gone through, God has a great plan for you! 

 

But for now, that’s all the time we have left for today. I love you and God bless.