GENESIS 5:1-31

Q: What do you think of the miraculous fact that the meanings of the names listed

in Genesis 5 make the following sentence if read together in order? “Man is appointed

mortal sorrow. Blessed God shall come down teaching and his death shall bring the 

despairing rest and comfort.”

I think it is more forced and fanciful than it is miraculous. To arrive at this sentence, one

must add verbs not present and change some of the nouns into adjectives or verbs. In

addition, the names have entirely different original meanings in most cases according

to Strong’s Concordance :

Adam = man

Seth = compensation, sprout

Enosh = mortal

Kenan = one acquired or begotten

Mahalalel God is splendor

Enoch = tuition, teacher

Methuselah = man of the spear

Lamech = overthrower, wild man

Noah = rest, comforts

Jared = contend