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I. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE PECULIARITY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. Adam; the first human being to

(1)  inhabit the earth,

(2)  hold communion with God,

(3)  be led astray.

II. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR MARVELLOUS LONGEVITY. Methuselah.

III. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THE VILLAINY OF THEIR MORAL CONDUCT.

IV. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR ANCESTRAL LINE OF DESCENT. Feeble lights in a grand constellation.

V. SOME MEN ARE RENDERED DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR TRUE AND EXALTED PIETY. Enoch. This is a distinction of the very truest kind; it arises from the moral purity of the soul. Lessons:

1. That a good old age is often the heritage of man.

2. That noble lineage is the heritage of others.

3. That true piety may be the heritage of all.

4. That true piety has a substantial reward as well as a permanent record.

(J. S. Exell, M. A.)

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KJV: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

WEB: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.