Genesis 5; Moses 6 I Come Follow Me I Handmaidens, Harems and Heroines I Lynne Hilton Wilson

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

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Genesis chapter 5 and Moses chapter 6 take us into the earliest generations of God’s covenant people, tracing the lineage from Adam through Enoch and revealing why these names matter far more than a list of ages and ancestors. In this video, Dr. Lynne Hilton Wilson explains how these chapters preserve temple-centered themes of covenant, posterity, and divine identity. Genesis 5 quietly emphasizes continuity—life, death, and faith passed from one generation to the next—while Moses 6 expands the story, restoring prophetic voices, priesthood authority, and the doctrine that humans are literal children of God. Together, these texts teach that genealogy in scripture is theology: it shows how God works through families to move His plan forward. Dr. Wilson also highlights Moses 6 as a powerful doctrinal restoration that deepens our understanding of repentance, baptism, and spiritual rebirth. Through the ministry of Enoch and the teachings given to Adam, we learn that salvation comes through Jesus Christ, that hearts can be changed, and that Zion is built when people choose righteousness in a fallen world. This video helps viewers see how the Joseph Smith Translation clarifies missing or obscured truths, transforming familiar passages into a compelling invitation to walk with God—just as Enoch did—and to claim our own place in God’s eternal family.

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0:00.0	I really appreciate in addition to the book of Moses in the Joseph Smith translation that says their children were taught to read and write,
0:08.0	having a language which was pure and undefiled.
0:11.0	This is not information that most historians and archaeologists understand.
0:15.0	We have restored scripture that teaches that Satan seeks to bind humans with sin.
0:20.0	You know, there's a terrible wickedness around the world.
0:22.6	Lots of people are not hearkening to God.
0:24.6	And so what does God do to combat the weaknesses?
0:27.6	He sends.
0:31.6	Hello, welcome back to Scripture Central.
0:33.6	I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson, part of the team that tries to build
0:36.6	enduring faith in Jesus Christ
0:38.3	by illuminating scripture and defending it.
0:42.3	Today, as we look at Genesis 5 and Moses 6, I'll focus a little bit on our handmaidens and our heroines,
0:49.3	which are in abundance in this section.
0:51.3	But I also am very grateful to have Eve for the third week.
0:55.8	We've got wonderful information on Eve's daughters and on the woman herself.
1:00.1	Just as a reminder, we have 132 named women in the Old Testament, 1,756 verses of unnamed women.
1:08.4	We've got over 50 fictional women.
1:10.4	We've got references to 2,748 all in the Old Testament.
1:15.4	These references are everything from harlots to handmaidens and stewards and maids and maiden women. They're
1:21.4	beautiful references. And as we go through the Old Testament, I don't want to miss any of them, but I also
1:27.1	don't want to miss the precious doctrines.
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