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Adam knew his wife (had sexual relations with her) again [] and she bore a son and called him Seth (Hebr. Shet) [meaning: compensation/replacement], [she said:] "for God has appointed (Hebr. shat) another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed."
To Seth (Hebr. Shet) was also born a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time, people began to call upon the name of the Lord (Yahweh).
[Interesting word frequencies
God is mentioned a total of 35 (5 x 7) times as God (Elohim), the Lord (Yahweh) or the Lord God (Yahweh Elohim). Since God (Elohim) is also mentioned 35 times in the creation story, this means that God is mentioned 70 (10 x 7) times in the first two units of the Bible, chapters 1-4. The various names for God also appear with striking frequency: Elohim (40 times), Yahweh Elohim (20 times), and Yahweh (10 times). The seventieth time God is mentioned is: Then they began to call on the name of the Lord (Yahweh), see .]
[This genealogy presents 10 generations between Adam and Noah. God had said that if you eat from the tree of knowledge, you will die (). That this indeed happened is confirmed by the phrase "And he died" that concludes six generations, see verses 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20. It also emerges that they bore an unknown number of sons and daughters who are not mentioned in the previous chapters. The Hebrew verb means to give birth and is used when a woman gives birth to a child (; ; ; ). The genealogy is detailed, and there are 15 unique variations, but five generations follow the same pattern (generations 2-6). Just as in Cain's genealogy, the author allows a number of monotonous generations to precede the generation he wants to highlight. In this case, it is generation seven: Enoch—who walked with God.]
And Adam lived 130 years [30 and 100 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of one who was like him (Hebr. demot), his image (Hebr. tselem).
And he named him Seth [Hebr. Shet – The Replacement, see ].
And the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were 800 years.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
And Seth (Hebr. Shet) lived 105 years [5 years and 100 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of Enosh.
And Seth lived 807 years [7 years and 800 years] after he became the father of Enosh.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
The entire length of Seth's life (all his days) was 912 years [12 years and 900 years].
And he died.
[When ages are written, it is most common to first indicate the tens, which are then added to the hundreds, see verses 3, 7, and 8. Note variations where "years" are added even between numbers, something that is not normally necessary. In , the order is reversed, with the higher number given first. By having the number 30 "at the end," it becomes an inclusio that frames the description of Adam.]
son to Enoch,
son of Seth,
son of Adam,
son of God.
