God's Plan of Salvation Before Noah

GENESIS

Chapter 5

1 This is the book of the generations of

Adam.  (Man)

MAN IS

In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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

Seth: (Gen 4:25 – Appointed)

APPOINTED

4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat

Enos:  (To be incurable, mortal, frail, miserable)

MORTAL

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat

Cainan (Keenan not Caanan):  (Sorrow, dirge)

SORROW

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat

Mahalaleel: (Mahal – Blessed, Praise  El – God)  (The Blessed God)

BUT THE BLESSED GOD

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat

Jared (Shall Come Down)

SHALL COME DOWN

eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat

Enoch:  (Teacher)  Prophesied about the second coming of Jesus.

TEACHING

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat

Methuselah:  (Muth – Death, Shalach – Send Forth or Bring) (His Death Shall Bring)  

THAT HIS DEATH SHALL BRING

The year Methuselah died the flood came.

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat

Lamech:  (Lament, despairing)

THE DESPAIRING

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years (God’s grace in action:  Methuselah’s life was the longest in the Bible): and he died.

28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name

Noah (To bring relief or comfort).

COMFORT.

saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.