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
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