Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 5:1

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;" — Genesis 5:1 (ASV)

This is the book of the generations of Adam. —See on Genesis 2:4, and Excursus on the Books of Generations.

In the likeness of God. —Man is now a fallen being, but these words are repeated to show that the Divine likeness was not therefore lost, nor the primeval blessing bestowed at his creation revoked. As man’s likeness to God does not mainly consist in moral innocence , it was not affected by the entrance into the world of sin, except insofar as sin corrupted the vessel in which this great gift was deposited (Compare to 2 Corinthians 4:7).