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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
KJV
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
WEB
The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
ASV
and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.
LSV
And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years [[or seven hundred years]], and he begets sons and daughters.
YLT
And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
DBY
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
DRC
And the days of Adam, after he begot Seth, were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters.
GNV
And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
JPS
And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
LXXE
And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ יְמֵי־אָדָ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδὰμ, ἃς ἔζησε μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σὴθ, ἔτη ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.

Who and where

👤 Adam👤 Seth◆ Lifetime of Adam

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Part of

  • Cain and Abel Cain kills his brother Abel after God favours Abel and his offering but not Cain and his. Before the killing, God warns Cain to resist sin; …

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Chronicles 1:1–3Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
  • Luke 3:36–38the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son…
  • Genesis 5:7And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:30And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:10And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:13And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:26And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:19And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 5:22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
  • Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  • Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  • Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  • Genesis 11:12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
  • Genesis 9:7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

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