Genesis 5:28–31
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
As we work our way through the book of beginnings, it is essential that we pay close attention to the lines God is drawing. From the very beginning, God is a God who separates. He separates light from darkness, and the waters above from the waters below. And after the fall, He establishes a line of separation that runs right through the heart of humanity. In Genesis 4 and 5, we are given the genealogies of these two seeds, these two lines, these two humanities. The line of Cain in chapter 4 is a line of worldly accomplishment, technological prowess, and violent, boastful pride. It culminates in a man named Lamech, a swaggering polygamist and murderer. But then we come to chapter 5, the line of Seth. And this line also culminates, before the flood, in a man named Lamech.