What follows next is the genealogy from Adam up to and including Noah. In it the Holy Spirit shows us the way of the church until the flood. After this he shows that the Lord saves and upholds his church through the flood.
The first two verses of this chapter strongly recall what we read in Genesis 1:1 – 2:25. The uniqueness of man’s creation and essence is pointed out. It reminds once again of man being created in God’s likeness (see especially Genesis 1:26–28).
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.