Seth

Seth in Scripture

Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture, so some of these verses may speak of another person called Seth.

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Old Testament2 books · 8 mentions

Genesis7 mentions

Genesis 4:25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
Genesis 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:4And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:6When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

2 further mentions in Genesis, read them in the book.

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1 Chronicles1 mention

1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Seth, Enosh,

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New Testament1 book · 1 mention

Luke1 mention

Luke 3:38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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Nave's Topical Bible on Seth

Orville J. Nave gathered 6 passages under this heading in 1896. His outline and his opening passages stand here; the full heading is one click on.

-The third son of Adam and Eve GEN 4:25,26; 5:3,8; 1CH 1:1; LUK 3:38 -Called SHETH 1CH 1:1

Nave's full heading →Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), public domain.

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Genesis 4, Genesis 5, 1 Chronicles 1 and Luke 3. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

CainAdam's firstborn; the first murderer, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy and became the archetype of the way o…Genesis 4:1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

EnochThe seventh from Adam who “walked with God, and he was not; for God took him” — translated without death, a pattern of…Genesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

AdamThe first man — formed of dust and God's breath, image-bearer, and federal head of the race in whom all sinned.Genesis 4:1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…1 Chronicles 1:27and Abram (that is, Abraham).

AbelThe second son; the first martyr, whose acceptable blood-offering is faith's first witness, and whose blood “speaketh b…Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

NoahThe righteous 'preacher of righteousness' who found grace and, by faith, built the ark — through whom the race survived…Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

ShemNoah's son through whom the covenant line runs (9:26); father of the Semitic peoples and ancestor of Abraham.Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

IsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.