Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
KJV
Sed et Seth natus est filius, quem vocavit Enos : iste cœpit invocare nomen Domini.
Vulgate
καὶ τῷ Σὴθ ἐγένετο υἱός, ἐπωνόμασεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐνώς· οὗτος ἤλπισεν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ.
LXX
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
ASV
וּ/לְ/שֵׁ֤ת גַּם הוּא֙ יֻלַּד בֵּ֔ן וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ אֱנ֑וֹשׁ אָ֣ז הוּחַ֔ל לִ/קְרֹ֖א בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱנֽוֹשׁ
'nvsh
proper_noun · 7×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
שֵׁ֔ת
sht
proper_noun · 8×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2335Each of the two sexes is an image of the power and tenderness of God, with equal dignity though in a different way. the union of man and woman in marriage is a way of imitating in the flesh the Creator's generosity and fecundity: "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."120 All human generations proceed from this unio…
§2569Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.5 Noah's offering is pleasing to God, who blesses him and through him all creation, because his he…
Chapter 18.—The Significance of Abel, Seth, and Enos to Christ and His Body the Church. “And to Seth,” it is said, “there was born a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.”824824 Gen. iv. 26. Here we have a loud testimony to the truth. Man, then, the son of the resurrection, lives in hope: he lives in hope as long as the city of God, whi…
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Here Moses describes the first worship offered to God and the first fratricide. God had respect to Abel and his offering, but to Cain and his offering he had not respect. The difference lay not in the outward offering but in the faith and sincerity of the offerer. Cain's anger and murder of his brother shows t…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
- 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
- 1Kgs 18:24 — And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
- Acts 2:21 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Acts 11:26 — And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christia
- Deut 26:17 — Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Gen 5:6 — And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
- Gen 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- Gen 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
- Gen 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
- Gen 21:33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
- Gen 26:25 — And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
- Isa 44:5 — One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- Isa 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but n
- Isa 63:19 — We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
- Jer 33:16 — In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
- Joel 2:32 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom
- Luke 3:38 — Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- Ps 116:17 — I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- Rom 10:13 — For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Zeph 3:9 — For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.