זֶ֣ה סֵ֔פֶר תּוֹלְדֹ֖ת אָדָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם בְּרֹ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אָדָ֔ם בִּדְמ֥וּת אֱלֹהִ֖ים עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃
דאָס איז דאָס בוך פֿון די געבורטן פֿון אָָדָמען: װען גאָט האָט באַשאַפֿן דעם מענטשן, האָט ער אים אין דער גלײַכעניש פֿון גאָט געמאַכט;
The Midrash of Philo
Why, after the mention of hope, Moses says, "This is the book of the generations of men?" (Genesis 5:1).
That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better
[139] Accordingly having first said of Enos “this man hoped (and ventured) to call on the name of the Lord God,” he adds expressly, “this is the book of the nativity of men” (Gen. 5:1.). In saying this he utters an important truth, for an entry is hereby made in the book of God to the effect that man only is hopeful. The converse therefore is true, that he that is despondent is not man. The definition, then, of our complex being is “a living creature endowed with reason subject to death,” but that of man as Moses portrays him “a soul so constituted as to hope on the God that really IS.” Well, then, let goodly men, having obtained joy and hope as their happy portion, either enjoy or at all events expect good things: