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Genesis 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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 5:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:112 words
HebrewMeaning
זֶ֣הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
סֵ֔פֶרsēper
is the record ofnounH5612
book · evidence · learn · letter ···
תּוֹלְדֹ֖תtwōlədōt
the descendants ofnounH8435
generations
אָדָ֑םʾādām
AdamnounH121
בְּ/י֗וֹםbəywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בְּרֹ֤אbərōʾ
createdverbH1254
create · cut down · dispatch · do ···
אֱלֹהִים֙ʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אָדָ֔םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בִּ/דְמ֥וּתbidəmwt
in the likeness ofpronH1823
like (-ness · as) · manner · similitude
אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עָשָׂ֥הʿāśāh
he madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֹתֽ/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago
The Book of the Generations of Adam
The genealogy begins: 'This is the book of the generations of Adam.' It's framing human history as a story being told, a chronicle being kept. I'm a documentarian, and this phrase has become my north...
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