Genesis 5:9
in Genesis 5When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan:
KJV
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseFor it is the mark of a wise man to separate oneself from the pleasures of the flesh, to elevate the soul, and to withdraw from the body; for this is truly to recognize oneself as a human being. He who is called Enos in the Chaldean language is called, in Latin, homo.
This site's exposition
When Enosh was 90 years old
on Genesis 5:9-14
The older commentators take the name Enosh to mean mortal or frail man. Kenan carries a name close to Cain's, and the two family lists share name after name: Enoch and Lamech stand in both, Methuselah beside Methusael. Gill notes the overlap and leaves it standing.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
But Enos, who assumed and hoped to invoke God; and therefore, it is believed that he was translated. Therefore, it does not seem that a man exists unless he hopes in God. But whoever hopes in God does not live on earth, but rather, as if carried away, clings to God, signifying a clear interpretation of truth.
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 Awakening2 voices
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. According to the Septuagint a hundred and ninety years; it can hardly be thought but that he had sons or daughters before, but this is only taken notice of for a reason before given.
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. According to the Septuagint a hundred and ninety years; it can hardly be thought but that he had sons or daughters before, but this is only taken notice of for a reason before given.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִ֥י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| אֱנ֖וֹשׁ | ʾenoosh | Enosh | H583 → | 7 times |
| תִּשְׁעִ֣ים | tishim | ninety | H8673 → | 20 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֵינָֽן׃ | keinan | Kenan | H7018 → | 6 times |
וַֽיְחִ֥יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
אֱנ֖וֹשׁEnosh
ʾenooshH583 →7 times
תִּשְׁעִ֣יםninety
tishimH8673 →20 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קֵינָֽן׃Kenan
keinanH7018 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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
1 Chronicles 1:2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
it leads to
- Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
- Genesis 5:12–20
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- Luke 3:37
Through
Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
- Genesis 5:6–28
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On Isaac and the Soul, Chapter I; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).