Genesis 5 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 9 Similar 2 Different 1 Divergent 1 Disparate 19
Disparate in this chapter: 5:3, 5:4, 5:6, 5:7, 5:9, 5:10, 5:12, 5:13, 5:15, 5:16, 5:21, 5:22, 5:24, 5:25, 5:26, 5:28, 5:29, 5:30, 5:31
Each verse is rendered independently from the Hebrew (Rabbinic reading tradition) and from the Greek (Saints reading tradition). The badge classifies the relationship between the two readings; the note beneath records the source document’s comparison and attributed interpretation. Each column retains its own verse references where numbering differs.
Generation of Mankind
5:1 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day God created humankind, He made him in the likeness of God.
Greek · Saints priority
5:1 This is the book of the origin of human beings. On the day God made Adam, He made him according to the image of God.
H uses Adam/humankind and likeness; G distinguishes human beings from Adam and uses image. H also distinguishes created from made.
5:2 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:2 Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.
Greek · Saints priority
5:2 Male and female He made them, and He blessed them and called their name Adam, on the day He made them.
Both have plural their name, encompassing male and female. The draft’s Greek his name is corrected. Adam also means humankind in Hebrew.
5:3 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:3 Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Greek · Saints priority
5:3 Adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat a son according to his form and image, and named him Seth.
H gives 130 years; G gives 230. G also uses form for H’s likeness. The changed generation interval remains despite the matching total lifespan.
5:4 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:4 Adam’s days after he begat Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:4 Adam’s days after he begat Seth were seven hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.
H gives 800 remaining years; G gives 700, offsetting the different fatherhood age at 5:3.
5:5 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:5 All the days Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:5 All the days Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
Both totals are 930 years, despite the different division before and after Seth’s birth.
5:6 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:6 Seth lived one hundred and five years and begat Enosh.
Greek · Saints priority
5:6 Seth lived two hundred and five years and begat Enosh.
H gives 105 years before Enosh; G gives 205. This changes the genealogy’s elapsed chronology.
5:7 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:7 Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he begat Enosh, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:7 Seth lived seven hundred and seven years after he begat Enosh, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 807 remaining years; G gives 707, compensating for the different fatherhood age.
5:8 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:8 All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:8 All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Both give a total lifespan of 912 years.
5:9 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:9 Enosh lived ninety years and begat Kenan.
Greek · Saints priority
5:9 Enosh lived one hundred and ninety years and begat Kenan.
H gives 90 years before Kenan; G gives 190. This changes the genealogy’s elapsed chronology.
5:10 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:10 Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he begat Kenan, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:10 Enosh lived seven hundred and fifteen years after he begat Kenan, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 815 remaining years; G gives 715, compensating for the different fatherhood age.
5:11 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:11 All the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:11 All the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
Both give a total lifespan of 905 years.
5:12 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:12 Kenan lived seventy years and begat Mahalalel.
Greek · Saints priority
5:12 Kenan lived one hundred and seventy years and begat Mahalalel.
H gives 70 years before Mahalalel; G gives 170. This changes the genealogy’s elapsed chronology.
5:13 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:13 Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he begat Mahalalel, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:13 Kenan lived seven hundred and forty years after he begat Mahalalel, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 840 remaining years; G gives 740, compensating for the different fatherhood age.
5:14 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:14 All the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:14 All the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
Both give a total lifespan of 910 years.
5:15 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and begat Jared.
Greek · Saints priority
5:15 Mahalalel lived one hundred and sixty-five years and begat Jared.
H gives 65 years before Jared; G gives 165. This changes the genealogy’s elapsed chronology.
5:16 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:16 Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he begat Jared, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:16 Mahalalel lived seven hundred and thirty years after he begat Jared, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 830 remaining years; G gives 730, compensating for the different fatherhood age.
5:17 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:17 All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:17 All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
Both give a total lifespan of 895 years.
5:18 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and begat Enoch.
Greek · Saints priority
5:18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and begat Enoch.
Both give 162 years before Enoch.
5:19 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:19 Jared lived eight hundred years after he begat Enoch, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:19 Jared lived eight hundred years after he begat Enoch, and begat sons and daughters.
Both give 800 years after Enoch.
5:20 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:20 All the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:20 All the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
Both give a total lifespan of 962 years.
The Account of Enoch
5:21 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:21 Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah.
Greek · Saints priority
5:21 Enoch lived one hundred and sixty-five years and begat Methuselah.
H gives 65 years before Methuselah; G gives 165.
5:22 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:22 Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he begat Methuselah, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:22 Enoch pleased God for two hundred years after he begat Methuselah, and begat sons and daughters.
H has walking with God for 300 years; G has pleasing God for 200. The devotional imagery and remaining interval both differ.
5:23 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
Greek · Saints priority
5:23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
Both give 365 years. Neither uses the usual and he died formula here.
5:24 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:24 Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, because God took him.
Greek · Saints priority
5:24 Enoch pleased God, and he was not found, because God transferred him.
Walking becomes pleasing; absence becomes not being found; taking becomes transfer. Both distinguish Enoch’s end from the repeated death notices without specifying a destination.
Saints — Hebrews 11:5–6: Enoch’s removal is joined to his pleasing God and to faith, closely engaging the Greek wording.
Genealogy of Methuselah
5:25 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and begat Lamech.
Greek · Saints priority
5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred and sixty-seven years and begat Lamech.
H gives 187; RH gives 167, directly checked in the official main text. The earlier NETS comparison could not be reopened in this review. The draft’s Greek 187 is corrected to the declared edition. No agreement of all Greek witnesses is asserted.
5:26 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:26 Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he begat Lamech, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:26 Methuselah lived eight hundred and two years after he begat Lamech, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 782 remaining years; RH gives 802, directly checked in the official main text. The earlier NETS comparison could not be reopened in this review. Each pair totals 969; the chronological placement still differs.
5:27 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:27 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:27 All the days Methuselah lived were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
Both give 969 years; G additionally expresses which he lived. Equal totals do not harmonize the fatherhood intervals.
5:28 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and begat a son,
Greek · Saints priority
5:28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-eight years and begat a son,
H gives 182 years before Noah; G gives 188.
5:29 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:29 and named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and the painful toil of our hands, from the ground that YHWH has cursed.”
Greek · Saints priority
5:29 and named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our works, from the pains of our hands, and from the earth that the Lord God has cursed.”
H promises comfort; G promises rest and separates the sources with repeated from. Neither expressly says that Noah removes human sin. The name’s wordplay is explained through each wording.
5:30 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:30 Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he begat Noah, and begat sons and daughters.
Greek · Saints priority
5:30 Lamech lived five hundred and sixty-five years after he begat Noah, and begat sons and daughters.
H gives 595 remaining years; G gives 565. Unlike earlier offsets, these figures produce different total lifespans.
5:31 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
Greek · Saints priority
5:31 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.
H’s total is 777; G’s is 753. Both totals match their respective preceding intervals.
5:32 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
5:32 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Greek · Saints priority
5:32 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begat three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
G explicitly adds three sons. The summary does not require all three births to occur in a single year; compare 11:10.
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