Curiosities
- Adam and Eva had been created in the same day (sixth day) Genesis 1:26-31
- Between the 1st and 2nd versicle, existed perhaps thousands of years
- Adam had sons and daughters (many… several…) Cap. 5:4
- The sin of Adam was disobedience
- Cain got married with a very close relative.
- In the beginning of civilization it was not a sin to get married with a relative since there was no Law.
- Adam died in the same day in which he sinned (one day is like a thousand years)
- The Bible does not describe what fruit it was that Adam and Eva ate.
- The beginning of the versicle 1 is not in the same time as Versicle 2.
- Adam and Eva were not children but God’s creatures (He created)
- God only created Adam and Eva after the land was habitable.
- The man before the sin could enjoy God’s paradise
Generations Genesis- Chapter 5
1. Adam was 130 years old when Seven was born
2. Adam was 235 years old when Enos was born
3. Adam was of the age of 325 years old when Cainan was born
4. Adam was of the age of 395 years old when Mahalaleel was born
5. Adam was of the age of 460 years old when Jared was born
6. Adam was of the age of 622 years old when Enoch was born
7. Adam was of the age of 687 years old when Methuselah was born
8. Adam was of the age of 874 years old when Lamech was born
Lamech was of the age of 56 years when Adam died. Methuselah and Lamech could receive the history of the creation straightly from Adam. Lamech was the father of Noah. Noah was the tenth generation since Adam.
The diluvium occurred in year 600 of the life of Noah. The creation of Adam until the diluvium, had passed 1656 years. Noah lived 350 years after the diluvium. Abraham was of the age of 56 years when Noah died.
Genesis, without a doubt, is the book of the origins. In Genesis we have the origin of the universe, of our solar system, of life, of humanity, of sin, of marriage, of languages, of industry, of government, of religion and of the nation of Israel.
Ten times in the book of Genesis are given facts of the history of several generations. The word “generation” basically means origin, or in the context, the history of the origin.
Notice the following generations:
1. Generations of the Universe — Genesis 2:4.
2. Generations of Adam — Genesis 5:1.
3. Generations of Noah — Genesis 6:9
4. Generations of the children of Noah — Genesis 10:1.
5. Generations of Shem — Genesis 11:10.
6. Generations of Terah — Genesis 11:27.
7. Generations of Ishmael — Genesis 25:12.
8. Generations of Isaac — Genesis 25:19.
9. Generations of Esau — Genesis 36:1, 9.