When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. ספר sepher – “writing, a writing, a book.”
  2. קינן qēynān – Kenan, “possessor, or spearsman.”
  3. מהללאל mahe
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

In his own likeness, after his image. —That is, Adam handed down to his posterity that Divine likeness which he had himse…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And begat a son in his own likeness. We have recently said that Moses traces the offspring of Adam only through the line of Seth, to offer…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years
The Septuagint version, though mistaken, gives the number two hundred and…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Adam was made in the image of God; but when he fell, he fathered a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like hims…

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