Genesis 5:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְחִ֣י אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בִּדְמוּת֖וֹ כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵֽׁת׃

Transliteration

wayḥî ʾādām šəlōšîm ûməʾat šānāh wayyôled in-dəmûtô kəṣalmô wayyiqrāʾ ʾet-šəmô šēt

Grammar Details

• *wayḥî*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived
• *ʾādām*: proper noun, masculine - Adam/man
• *šəlōšîm*: cardinal number - thirty
• *ûməʾat*: conjunction *wə-* + feminine singular construct - and hundred
• *šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
• *wayyôled*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he begat
• *dəmûtô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix with prefix *bə-* - in his likeness
• *kəṣalmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix with prefix *kə-* - according to his image
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive - and he called
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
• *šēt*: proper noun - Seth

Word Meanings

• *wayḥî*: lived/existed/remained alive
• *wayyôled*: begat/fathered/brought forth
• *dəmûtô*: his likeness/his resemblance/his pattern
• *ṣalmô*: his image/his representation/his form
• *šēt*: Seth (proper name, meaning 'appointed/placed')

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde, and begat a sonne, which was like his owne ymage, and called his name Seth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth.

• Authorized 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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth `a son' in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

• 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:

• 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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:25 : 25 Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, 'God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.'
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous? 15 Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones, and even the heavens are not pure in His sight. 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
• Ps 14:2-3 : 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all humanity to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks after God. 3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel replied to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'
• John 3:6 : 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Rom 5:12 : 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people, because all sinned.
• 1 Cor 15:39 : 39 Not all flesh is the same: humans have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds have another, and fish have another.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.