Death Origins (Genesis 4-5 Sermon Notes)

I just finished a sermon on Genesis 4-5, which is all about the beginning of human death.

Because it had so much information I decided to put the notes here. 

First time I read these genealogies I thought it was so boring. I wondered,why is this in the Bible?
Now I know that it is filled with such rich meaning- showcasing the mortality of life, but yet the hope in the midst of it.

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Genesis 4 Notes

​vs 1. Knew = yada = to know
 
vs 16. Nod = Wondering
 
vs 17. Enoch = Dedicated / Inaugurate
City = `iyr - Guarded place - excitement, being stirred up
 
vs 18. Irad = root word is wild
Mehujael = Blotted out by God
Methusael = Man who is of God
 
vs 19-22. Lamech =  Powerful
Adah = Ornament
Zillah = Shade
Jabal = Stream of Water
Judbal = Stream
Tabelcain = Raised like Cain
Naamah = Loveliness
 
vs 25. Seth = Sheth > Shiyth Put  / placed
 
vs 26. Enosh = Mankind / Mortal

Genesis 5 Notes

Name Meanings:
Enosh = Mortal
Cainan = Possession/Living Space
Mahalalel = Praise of God
Jared = Descend/Prostrate
Enoch = Dedicate/Inaugurate
Methuselah = man of the weapon
Lamech = Powerful
Noah = Rest/Resting place
Shem = Name
Ham = Hot/Warm
Japeth = Opened