The Line of Adam · Genesis 5
The Line of Adam (Genesis 5) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.
Translator's notes:
• Genesis 5:2 — אָדָם (adam): chose "Adam" as the name Elohim gives them. Alternatives: "Humankind", "Man". Why: adam is both the word for humankind and the man's name, and this chapter is his genealogy; the rendering keeps the name the chapter itself is tracing, and the shared name for male and female is the text's own wording.
• Genesis 5:24 — וְאֵינֶנּוּ (ve-einennu): chose "and he was no more". Alternatives: "and he was not", "and he…
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