Genesis 5

The Readings · Oct 7, 2026 · 3m

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 disappeared", "and he was…