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Genesis 5:6

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

KJV

Vixit quoque Seth centum quinque annis, et genuit Enos.

Vulgate

Ἔζησεν δὲ Σὴθ διακόσια καὶ πέντε ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐνώς.

LXX

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:

ASV

וַֽ/יְחִי שֵׁ֕ת חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּ/מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת אֱנֽוֹשׁ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SethEnosh

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱנֽוֹשׁ
'nvsh
proper_noun · 7×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
שֵׁ֔ת
sht
proper_noun · 8×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 15.—Whether It is Credible that the Men of the Primitive Age Abstained from Sexual Intercourse Until that Date at Which It is Recorded that They Begat Children. Some one, then, will say, Is it to be believed that a man who intended to beget children, and had no intention of continence, abstained from sexual intercourse a hundred years and more, or even, according to the…

Cross-references

  • Gen 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.