Reading for February 5th

Read Genesis 5:1-32 Ten generations from Adam and Eve to Noah.
This list of ten generations links the story of Adam and Eve (Gen 2-4) with the next major character and story, Noah and the flood (Gen 6-9).
Such genealogies, or family trees, occur at important transition points throughout Genesis
(from Adam and Eve to Noah-5.1-32; from Noah's son Shem to Abraham-11.10-25;
the descendants of Abraham's grandson Jacob-46.8-27).
In verse 3 Adam has a son Seth who is in his likeness, according to his image.
These same words are used for the first humans before the disobedient act in the
garden of Eden (1.26-27; 5.1).
The humans' sin did not erase God's image from them as it passes on to the next generation (9.6).
In verse 24  because God took him suggests that Enoch did not die a normal death.
An analogy may be the way in which the prophet Elijah was taken up into heaven by God
(2 Kings 2.11-12).
Enoch comes to have a place of honor in later Jewish tradition as one who walked with God.
In verse 27 Methuselah's age of 969 years makes him the oldest human being.
In verse 29 the ground that the LORD has cursed refers to Adam's punishment in 3.17
and Cain's punishment in 4.11.
The verb "to bring relief" (Hebrew "nhm") is seen as a wordplay on the name Noah (Hebrew "nh").
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