Genesis 5:13

Gen 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Ver. 13. And begat sons and daughters. ] Everything is generative of itself, says the philosopher. a And, that man is unworthy to be born, of whom another is not born, says the orator.

a Propriissimum opus viventis est, generare sibi simile . - Arist .