Genesis 5:6
in Genesis 5When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:
KJV
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos. Not that this was his firstborn, no doubt but he had other children before this time; but this is only mentioned, because it carried the lineage and descent directly from Adam to Noah, the father of the new world, and from whom the Messiah was to spring; whose genealogy to give is a principal view of this book, or account of generations from Adam to Noah.
This site's exposition
after he had become the father of Seth
on Genesis 5:4-8
Adam reached 930 years, longer than any man before him, and then he died. Seth became the father of Enosh, lived 807 years more, had other sons and daughters, then died. Death reigned from Adam to Moses, Romans 5:14 says.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
It should be noted that where our Codices, translated from the Hebrew source, say Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years and begot Seth, the ancient translation has, instead of one hundred and thirty, two hundred and thirty; where our Codices continue, "And the …
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִי־ | vaychi- | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| שֵׁ֕ת | shet | Seth | H8352 → | 9 times |
| חָמֵ֥שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנִ֖ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּמְאַ֣ת | umeat | and one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ | ʾenoosh | Enosh | H583 → | 7 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
שֵׁ֕תSeth
shetH8352 →9 times
חָמֵ֥שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנִ֖יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
וּמְאַ֣תand one hundred
umeatH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃Enosh
ʾenooshH583 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- Psalms 116:17
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 18:24
Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered,…
- Joel 2:32
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…
- Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Genesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD,…
- Psalms 116:17
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.