> A question of curiosity:
>
> What, if any, import should be made of the statement in Gen 5:1-2 that
> Mankind was in the image of God, but which goes on to say in 5:3 that
> Shet was in the image of Adam? What are we to make of this? Is it a
> contrast, or a parallel?
The traditional commentaries of Nachmanides and ibn Ezra suggest the latter.
I'm not sure how much room there would be to understand it as a contrast;
after all, if Adam were created in the image of God, and Seth were created in
the image of Adam, presumably "in the image of" is transitive, no?