Genesis 5

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Genesis 5 is a chapter in the Book of Genesis that presents a genealogical record from Adam to Noah, emphasizing long lifespans and the continuity of the human line before the Flood.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Genesis 5 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible ⓘ
chapter of the Book of Genesis ⓘ
chronologicalFunction links creation to the Flood narrative ⓘ
describes descendants of Adam through Seth ⓘ
explainsName Noah is associated with comfort or rest ⓘ
follows Genesis 4 ⓘ
genre genealogy ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
literaryContext primeval history in Genesis 1–11 ⓘ
mentions Adam ⓘ
Enoch ⓘ
Enosh ⓘ
Ham ⓘ
Japheth ⓘ
Jared ⓘ
Kenan ⓘ
Lamech ⓘ
Mahalalel ⓘ
Methuselah ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
Seth ⓘ
Shem ⓘ
motif exception of Enoch not dying ⓘ
repeated phrase "and he died" ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
precedes Genesis 6 ⓘ
recordsAge Adam lived 930 years ⓘ
Enoch lived 365 years ⓘ
linked to: Enoch

Enosh lived 905 years ⓘ
linked to: Enosh

Jared lived 962 years ⓘ
Kenan lived 910 years ⓘ
linked to: Kenan

Lamech lived 777 years ⓘ
linked to: Lamech

Mahalalel lived 895 years ⓘ
Methuselah lived 969 years ⓘ
linked to: Methuselah

Noah was 500 years old when he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth ⓘ
Seth lived 912 years ⓘ
recordsEvent Enoch walked with God ⓘ
Enoch was taken by God and did not see death ⓘ
Lamech named his son Noah ⓘ
linked to: Lamech
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
states Adam fathered a son in his own likeness, named Seth ⓘ
Adam was created in the likeness of God ⓘ
structure formulaic genealogy with ages and lifespans ⓘ
theme continuity of the human line ⓘ
human genealogy from Adam to Noah ⓘ
long lifespans before the Flood ⓘ
transmission of the divine image ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Methuselah → mentionedIn → Genesis 5 ⓘ
Genesis 4 → followedBy → Genesis 5 ⓘ