Luke 3:38
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- KJV
- Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- WEB
- the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- ASV
- the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.
- DARBY
- of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
- BLB
- of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
- ÅB
- sønn av Enos, sønn av Set, sønn av Adam, Guds sønn.
- OTB
- sønn av Enos,
sønn av Set, sønn av Adam,
sønn av Gud. - B1930
- sønn av Enos, sønn av Set, sønn av Adam, Guds sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Read in contextGenesis 4:25–5:3
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
Read in contextActs 17:26–29
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
Read in contextGenesis 1:26–27
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
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