And 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. read more
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. read more
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. As his father Adam before him. Seth, according to Josephus F12 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 2. sect. 3. , was a very good man, and brought up his children well, who trod in his steps, and who studied the nature of the heavenly bodies; and that the knowledge of these things they had acquired might not be lost, remembering a prophecy of Adam, that the world should be destroyed both by fire and by water, they erected two... read more
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. read more
And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years ,.... The Septuagint version is seven hundred and fifteen; the hundred which is wanting is to be supplied from the preceding verse, which in that version has an hundred too much: and begat sons and daughters ; others besides Enos, as very likely he had before he was born. read more
And all the days or Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. According to the Arabic writers F14 Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 231. , this man was a very good man, governed his people well, and instructed them in the ways of righteousness, and the fear of God; and when his end drew nigh, his offspring gathered about him for his blessing; and calling them to him, he ordered them by his will to practise holiness, and exhorted them not to mix with the offspring of Cain the... read more
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. Here the Septuagint version adds an hundred years, as before. read more
And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years ,.... The Septuagint has seven hundred and forty, which, added to the years given him before, makes the same sum: and begat sons and daughters ; as his progenitors did. read more
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. The Arabic writers F15 Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 233. also commend him as a good ruler of his people; and at his death he charged them not to desert the holy mountain, and join themselves with Cain's posterity; and having appointed Mahalaleel, who they say was his eldest son, his successor, he died on the fourth day of the week, and the thirteenth of the month Cheziran, A. M. 1535, and was buried in the double... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 5:6-20
We have here all that the Holy Ghost thought fit to leave upon record concerning five of the patriarchs before the flood, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, and Jared. There is nothing observable concerning any of these particularly, though we have reason to think they were men of eminence, both for prudence and piety, in their day: but in general, I. Observe how largely and expressly their generations are recorded. This matter, one would think, might have been delivered in fewer words; but it is... read more