人不仅是神照着祂的形像造的，也是为着神造的，所以神命定人要生养众多。人若不繁生众多，神永远的目的就无法达成。你若问亚当他在作甚么，他可能回答：“弟兄，我为神的目的而活，我为达成神的目的生儿养女。”甚么叫作生儿养女？用新约的说法可称之为结果子。生儿养女就是结果子。
所以亚当是为神的目的结果子。他结了许多的果子。“活”这个字在每个人身上用了两次。“生”这个字在每个人身上用了三次。例如，亚当活到一百三十岁“生”了塞特；他“生”塞特之后，又活了八百岁，并且“生”儿养女。这指明创世记五章里的人就是活和生。
今天我们也是作同样的事。不要说你是教书的，或是作木匠的；你必须说，“我是活在神的面前，并且我是生儿养女，结果子来达成神的目的。”我们看过，神目的的达成在于我们的生。我们生的儿女越多，我们在神手中越有用处。这在亚当是肉身的事，在我们乃是属灵的事。
就着人的活和生来说，创世记五章记载的家谱是非常奇妙的。然而，在五章中也有黑点，就是人在活和生之后就死了。他们的活和生是美妙的，但死却不是愉快的事。你若将这家谱和马太一章的家谱相比，会看出在马太一章基督的家谱中没有死。死留在亚当的家谱中，因为那时基督还未来到。基督既已来到，死就在祂的家谱中废去了。基督“已经把死废掉，藉着福音将生命和不朽坏照耀出来”（提后一10）。
家谱的结束
创世记五章所记得救者的家谱，结束得非常有盼望。那个家谱结束于挪亚这名字，意思是“安慰”或“安息”。因着挪亚的出生，那救恩之家得了安慰和安息。这蒙拯救者的家不是没有指望的家，乃是充满安慰的家。这就是说，挪亚的家满了盼望、安慰和安息。
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The Genealogy of the Saved Ones (2) – Gen. 5:28-29
Man was not only created in God’s image, but also for God. Therefore, God ordained that man should be fruitful and multiply. If man does not multiply, God’s eternal purpose cannot be fulfilled. If you were to ask Adam what he was doing, he might answer, “Brother, I live for God’s purpose; I beget sons and daughters to fulfill God’s purpose.” What does it mean to beget sons and daughters? In New Testament terms, this can be called bearing fruit. To beget sons and daughters is to bear fruit.
Thus Adam bore fruit for God’s purpose. He bore much fruit. The word “lived” is used twice for each person, while the word “begot” is used three times. For example, Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and “begot” Seth; after he “begot” Seth, he lived another eight hundred years and “begot” sons and daughters. This indicates that the people in Genesis chapter five were characterized by living and begetting.
Today we are doing the same thing. Do not say that you are a teacher or a carpenter; you must say, “I am living before God, and I am begetting sons and daughters, bearing fruit to fulfill God’s purpose.” We have seen that the fulfillment of God’s purpose depends on our begetting. The more children we bring forth, the more useful we are in God’s hand. For Adam, this was a matter of the flesh; for us, it is a spiritual matter.
With regard to man’s living and begetting, the genealogy in Genesis chapter five is truly marvelous. Yet there is also a dark mark in this chapter—after living and begetting, man died. Their living and begetting were wonderful, but death was not a pleasant thing. If you compare this genealogy with the genealogy in Matthew chapter one, you will see that in Matthew’s record of Christ’s genealogy there is no death. Death remains in Adam’s genealogy, because Christ had not yet come. But since Christ has come, death has been abolished in His genealogy. Christ “has abolished death and has brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10).
The Ending of the Genealogy
The genealogy of the saved ones recorded in Genesis chapter five ends with great hope. That genealogy concludes with the name Noah, which means “comfort” or “rest.” Through Noah’s birth, the household of salvation received comfort and rest. This saved household was not a hopeless family, but one filled with comfort. This means that Noah’s family was full of hope, comfort and rest.