Genesis 5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:4

And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred years ,.... The Septuagint version is seven hundred; for having added one hundred years more the should be, to the years of his life before the birth of Seth, here they are taken away to make the number of his years complete: and he begat sons and daughters ; not only after the birth of Seth, but before, though we have no account of any, unless of Cain's wife; but what their number was is not certain, either before or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:5

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years ,.... Not lunar years, as Varro F4 Apud Lactant. Institut. l. 2. c. 13. , but solar years, which consisted of three hundred and sixty five days and odd hours, and such were in use among the Egyptians in the times of Moses; and of these must be the age of Adam, and of his posterity in this chapter, and of other patriarchs in this book; or otherwise, some must be said to beget children at an age unfit for it,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:6

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:7

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:8

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:9

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:10

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:11

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. Here the Septuagint version adds an hundred years, as before. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 5:13

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

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