51 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God; 2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made. 3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth: 4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 5 And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.
6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh: 7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters: 8 And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end. 9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan: 10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters: 11 And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end. 12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel: 13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters: 14 And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end. 15 And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared: 16 And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters: 17 And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end. 18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch: 19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 20 And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.
21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah: 22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five: 24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 5:1-24
Commentary on Genesis 5:1-5
(Read Genesis 5:1-5)
Adam was made in the image of God; but when fallen he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the sentence passed upon him, "To dust thou shalt return." Though he did not die in the day he ate forbidden fruit, yet in that very day he became mortal. Then he began to die; his whole life after was but a reprieve, a forfeited, condemned life; it was a wasting, dying life. Man's life is but dying by degrees.
Commentary on Genesis 5:6-20
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Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary of it. Nor was the future life so clearly revealed then, as it now under the gospel, else they would have been urgent to remove to it. All the patriarchs that lived before the flood, except Noah, were born before Adam died. From him they might receive a full account of the creation, the fall, the promise, and the Divine precepts about religious worship and a religious life. Thus God kept up in his church the knowledge of his will.
Commentary on Genesis 5:21-24
(Read Genesis 5:21-24)
Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Hebrews 11:5. He had lived but 365 years, which, as men's ages were then, was but the midst of a man's days. God often takes those soonest whom he loves best; the time they lose on earth, is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage. See how Enoch's removal is expressed: he was not, for God took him. He was not any longer in this world; he was changed, as the saints shall be, who are alive at Christ's second coming. Those who begin to walk with God when young, may expect to walk with him long, comfortably, and usefully. The true christian's steady walk in holiness, through many a year, till God takes him, will best recommend that religion which many oppose and many abuse. And walking with God well agrees with the cares, comforts, and duties of life.