King James Bible
"Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God."
These names continue Luke's genealogy of Jesus, tracing backward through the earliest generations recorded in Genesis. Enos (Enosh) means 'mortal man' in Hebrew, while Seth was given to replace Abel after Cain killed him, representing God's faithfulness to continue humanity's line. The genealogy reaches its human origin with Adam, the first man created by God. By connecting Jesus to Adam, Luke emphasizes Jesus as the new Adam who will succeed where the first Adam failed, bringing redemption to all humanity. This climactic ending uniquely identifies Adam as God's direct creation rather than born of human parents. It establishes both Jesus's divine connection and his universal significance—he is not just Israel's Messiah but the Savior of all Adam's descendants.