Genesis 5:3

5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

Genesis 9:6

9:6 “Whoever sheds human blood,

by other humans

must his blood be shed;

for in God’s image

God has made humankind.”


tn Heb “and Adam lived 130 years.” In the translation the verb is subordinated to the following verb, “and he fathered,” and rendered as a temporal clause.

tn Heb “the blood of man.”

tn Heb “by man,” a generic term here for other human beings.

sn See the notes on the words “humankind” and “likeness” in Gen 1:26, as well as J. Barr, “The Image of God in the Book of Genesis – A Study of Terminology,” BJRL 51 (1968/69): 11-26.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.