Genesis 5:7
in Genesis 5And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
KJV
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis 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, then died. Romans 5:14 stands on these verses, where death reigned from Adam to Moses; the long years change nothing about the ending.
This site's exposition
Seth lived 807 years
Each father had other sons and daughters, all unnamed. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown held that Moses gives only the line from Adam through Seth to Noah, leaving out the firstborn. That would explain fathers who were old at the birth of the named son.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Now notice that when the inspired writer sets forth the length of the lives of the men he mentions, the narrative always ends with the formula "and he begot sons and daughters, and all the time that so and so lived were so many years, and he died." Considering that these sons and daughters are not named and remembering how long people lived in that first period of our history, can anyone refuse to believe that so great a multitude of men was born as to have been able, in groups, to build a great number of cities?
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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years,.... The Septuagint version makes the same mistake in the numbers of Seth as of Adam, giving him two hundred and five years before the birth of Enos, and but seven hundred and seven years after: and begat sons and daughters; very probably both before and after Enos was born; but how many is not said.
The words behind it
14 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 |
| שֵׁ֗ת | shet | Seth | H8352 → | 9 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הוֹלִיד֣וֹ | holido | fathered he | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱנ֔וֹשׁ | ʾenoosh | Enosh | H583 → | 7 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֥וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בָּנִ֖ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבָנֽוֹת׃ | uvanot | and daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
שֵׁ֗תSeth
shetH8352 →9 times
אַֽחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הוֹלִיד֣וֹfathered he
holidoH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱנ֔וֹשׁEnosh
ʾenooshH583 →7 times
שֶׁ֣בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
בָּנִ֖יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
וּבָנֽוֹת׃and daughters
uvanotH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, City of God 15.8; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.