Genesis 5:9

9 Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

Genesis 5:9 Meaning and 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.

Genesis 5:9 In-Context

7 After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.

8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

9 Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

10 After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.

11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew Qenan