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Genesis 5:3

What does Genesis 5:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth <FI>a son<Fi> in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.

Context

v.2male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

v.3This passage

v.4and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 15:14

    What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Psalms 51:5

    Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

  • Job 14:4

    Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • Job 25:4

    How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  • Psalms 14:2

    Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

  • Ephesians 2:3

    among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

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