Genesis 5:8
in Genesis 5So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
KJV
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe present life surely was not to them such a burden as commonly it is now, else they would have been weary of it; nor was the future life so clearly revealed then as it is now under the gospel, else they would have been impatient to remove to it: long life to the pious patriarchs was a blessing and made them blessings.
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, 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
a total of 912 years
By the Hebrew years, Seth died fourteen years before Noah's birth. The son given in place of Abel lived to see seven generations of his own line, from Enosh to Lamech. Matthew Henry called long life to these patriarchs a blessing that made them blessings.
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 Awakening3 voices
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. As his father Adam before him.
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. As his father Adam before him.
The present life surely was not to them such a burden as commonly it is now, else they would have been weary of it; nor was the future life so clearly revealed then as it is now under the gospel, else they would have been impatient to remove to it: long life to the pious patriarchs was a blessing and made them blessings.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵי־ | yemei- | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שֵׁ֔ת | shet | Seth | H8352 → | 9 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֤ים | sheteim | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵה֙ | ʾesreh | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּתְשַׁ֥ע | utesha' | and nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙and they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵי־[the] days of
yemei-H3117 →2304 times
שֵׁ֔תSeth
shetH8352 →9 times
שְׁתֵּ֤יםtwo [plus]
sheteimH8147 →768 times
עֶשְׂרֵה֙ten
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּתְשַׁ֥עand nine
utesha'H8672 →58 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ סand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, City of God 15.8; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.