Genesis Chapter 5, Verse 3
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3: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
3: And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his
own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.
3: 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 Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness,...
We do not know when Cain and Abel were born or how many children were born before Seth. That Adam had children when he was 130 years old (making Eve about the same age), suggests that Adam and Eve could have had a considerable number of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren by the time Seth was born. No other child is mentioned and Seth is important because it is through his line that Christ will come.
Gill writes,"not that he had no other children during this time than Cain and Abel; this is only observed to show how old he was when Seth was born, the son here meant;..."
...after his image;...
Gill writes, "not in the likeness, and after the image of God, in which Adam was created; for having sinned, he lost that image, at least it was greatly defaced, and he came short of that glory of God, and could not convey it to his posterity; who are, and ever have been conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; are polluted and unclean, foolish and disobedient; averse to all that is good, and prone to all that is evil: the sinfulness of nature is conveyed by natural generation, but not holiness and grace; that is not of blood, nor of the will of man, nor of the flesh, but of God, and produced of his own will, by his mighty power impressing the image of his Son in regeneration on his people; which by beholding his glory they are more and more changed into by the Spirit of God."
...and called his name Seth:
This terminology, "called his name," tells us that Adam was the physical father of Seth. Where this terminology is missing, it can refer to people separated by many generations.
