Hebrew Genealogies in the Bible
HEBREW GENEALOGIES IN THE BIBLE.—Genesis ch. 5.—The Rev. Dr. Cumming says, curiously, that "it is a remarkable fact that the names which are given in this chapter of memoirs and epitaphs, when literally translated from the Hebrew, contain a prophecy of the gospel of Christ, each one conveying a great and blessed truth." “Adam is the first name, which means, ‘man in the image of God;’ Seth, ‘substituted by;’ Enos, ‘frail man;’ Cainan, ‘lamenting;’ Mahalaleel, ‘the blessed God;’ Jared, ‘shall come down;’ Enoch, ‘teaching;’ Methuselah, ‘his death shall send;’ Lamech, ‘to the humble;’ Noah, ‘rest,’ or ‘consolation.’" “It is thus that if you take the whole of the names, and simply in the order in which they are recorded, you have this truth stated by them: “ ‘To man, once made in the image of God, now substituted by man frail and full of sorrow, the blessed God himself shall come down to the earth teaching, and his death shall send to the humble consolation.’ “This is just an epitome of Christianity.”