Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Adam was a son of God

In Luke 3: 36b - 38 YLT an account of the ten generations of descendants from Adam is written as follows:

"the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel,
38 the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."

Adam is called the son of God in Luke 3:38.

Today, reading from the Septuagint:

When we look back into Genesis 5: 1-5, we read that the name Adam was given by God Himself. In like manner, Adam went on to give a name, Seth, to his own son.

Adam was the son of God, just as Seth was the son of Adam. Thus began the use of the term "ben", meaning "son of". In other words we call the first man Adam ben Elohim, and his son, Seth ben Adam.

Genesis 5:1-5 LXX
"This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth. And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died."

Note from the passage above:

(1) Adam was made by God in the image of God, male and female were they made. The making of Adam included Eve, for Eve was made out of the body of Adam.

(2) Adam was the name given by God, on the day he was made by God, in the image of God Himself.

(3) Seth was the name called by Adam, he bore the form and image of Adam