Eve were to subdue the earth through obedience to God’s word (see Gen 2:16–17). Adam and Eve fail to subdue the serpent because they do not remember and obey God’s word properly (Gen 3:1–7).17 The genealogy of Genesis 5 traces the initial stage of the proper fulfillment of Genesis 1:28, and the “likeness of God” in Adam is passed down to Seth, who is in Adam’s “likeness, after his image” (Gen 5:1, 3). Here, the image of God in Adam is passed down through Seth, who keeps God’s word, unlike the murderer