Genesis 5:1
“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”
KJV
Read in Genesis 5Meaning
The verse frames what follows as the written account of Adam's generations and deliberately recalls God's creation of humanity in the divine likeness.
Read carefully
The likeness language belongs to the theological vocabulary of Genesis and should not be reduced to a claim about physical appearance alone.
Reflection
The genealogy begins not with human achievement but with identity received from the Creator, which gives the family line theological weight.