Genesis 5

There is a deeper meaning behind the names listed in the genealogy in Genesis 5. If you translate each name into its meaning you get a message that has been at the heart of the Bible since it was first written.

• Adam = Man
• Seth = Appointed
• Enosh = Mortal
• Kenan/Cainan = Sorrow
• Mahalalel = The Blessed God
• Jared = Shall come down
• Enoch = Teaching
• Methuselah = His death shall bring
• Lamech = The disparing
• Noah = relief (or comfort)

So reading the meaning of the names together gives us:

Man (is) Appointed Mortal Sorrow, (but) The Blessed God Shall come down Teaching, (and) His death shall bring The Despairing comfort.