A Skeptic Analyses, Interprets and Provides Commentary on the Holy Bible: GENESIS Chapter 5
GENESIS Chapter 5 (KJV)
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
and called their name Adam. Is this suggesting that Adam, the first man created by the Lord, was at the time of his creation both male and female? And that the taking of his rib to create Eve was the extraction of the feminine essence, the dividing of male and female, from man, into man and woman? I may be reading too much into this verse, admittedly. But any hopeless romantics out there would certainly appreciate this one, for it would make the male and the female to lesser parts of one greater whole, and give a lot more meaning to love and unification.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
It did not say that Cain nor Abel were created in Adam's own likeness or after his image. Did it take Adam a hundred and thirty years to learn how to do this? Or to discover his own likeness and image? Or were Cain and Abel not his own children??
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Only the first born son is mentioned so far, in spite of it telling us that more were born to each generation. Why are the others excluded? Is this a map of inheritance? And if so what is being inherited?
12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
- The amount of days in a year using the Gregorian calendar.
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
"God" used here rather than "the Lord." We're told God is Good. Could walking with God suggest something as simple as always putting what is right and good first, no matter the cost?
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
I do not think it a coincidence that Noah sounders like "knower." But I shall speak more on that in the coming chapter.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
First mention of ham. Ham is a very common series of letters in English and Arabic, at the very least. Suggesting to me that this character is quite significant.