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Genesis 4:26 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 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.Genesis 4:26 · King James Version
Genesis 4:26 in context
24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26And 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- SethShêthSheth, third son of AdamH8352 →
- bornyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- EnosʼĔnôwshEnosh, a son of SethH583 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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This is the first mention of Adam in the story of this chapter. No question, the murder of Abel, and the impenitence and apostasy of Cain, were a very great grief to him and Eve, and the more because their own wickedness did now correct them and their backslidings did reprove them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-26