Moses
Genesis 5:2KJV·traditional attribution

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

John Calvin Reformed

Moses names both man and woman together under one name to teach that marriage is a sacred, inseparable bond. Husband and wife are like one person, and we must cherish this union as our first parents did. God's blessing on them was wonderful, yet men's wickedness has interrupted it.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian

This genealogy traces the holy seed through whom Christ came in the flesh. Mark well: man is not his own maker and therefore not his own master; God who made him must direct him. Male and female both bear God's likeness, so between the sexes there is no great inequality as some falsely imagine.

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Commenting on Genesis 5:1-5

John Gill Reformed Baptist

One male and one female were created to show that one man and one woman only belong together in marriage. The name Adam, meaning earth, was given to remind him of his origin and frailty. Eve bore the same name because she was made from him and joined to him in union.

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