Gen 5:3-32 | TNotes | STEP | 5:3 just like him—in his very image: The image and likeness of God (see note on 1:26 ) is preserved in human beings despite sin. Adam’s sinful nature was also carried forward (Rom 5:12-14 ).

5:3 ^a just like him—in his very image: The image and likeness of God (see note on 1:26 ^b) is preserved in human beings despite sin. Adam’s sinful nature was also carried forward (Rom 5:12-14 ^c).
5:5 ^d he died: Death indeed came to Adam (see 2:17 ^e; 3:18-19 ^f) and his descendants (see Rom 5:12-14 ^g). Cain’s violence is omitted (see Gen 4:8 ^h, 15 ⁱ, 23-24 ^j) and key figures in Seth’s line live in hope (5:29 ^k).
5:6 ^l the father of: Or the ancestor of; Hebrew genealogies do not necessarily list every single generation.
5:22 ^m Enoch lived in close fellowship with God (literally Enoch walked with God; also in 5:24 ⁿ): Enoch’s position as seventh from Adam in the genealogy strikes a contrast with Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain (see study note on 4:17–5:32).
5:24 ^o Unlike all other sons of Adam, Enoch did not succumb to death; rather, he disappeared, because God took him (cp. 2 Kgs 2:9-12 ^p; see also Heb 11:5 ^q).
5:27 ^r 969 years: This statement and the numbers given in 5:25 ^s, 28 ^t and 7:6 ^u mean that Methuselah died in the year of the flood.
Summary for Gen 5:28-29: 5:28-29 ^v As with Enoch (5:21-24 ^w), the normal genealogical formula is interrupted to highlight important theological information about Noah. Noah sounds like Hebrew nakham, “relief” or “comfort,” and nuakh, “rest.” As the first person born after Adam’s death (see study note on 5:5), Noah prompted his father Lamech to hope that the curse brought on by Adam’s sin (3:17 ^x) might be lifted. See 8:21 ^y; 2 Cor 1:3-7 ^z; 2 Thes 2:16-17 ^aa.