Genesis - 5:11



11 All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 5:11.

Differing Translations

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And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.
And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.
And all the days of Enos that passed were nine hundred and five years, and then he died.
Fuerunt igitur omnes dies Enos, quinque anni et nongenti anni: et mortuus est.

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Historical Commentaries

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And all the days or Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. According to the Arabic writers (n), this man was a very good man, governed his people well, and instructed them in the ways of righteousness, and the fear of God; and when his end drew nigh, his offspring gathered about him for his blessing; and calling them to him, he ordered them by his will to practise holiness, and exhorted them not to mix with the offspring of Cain the murderer; and having appointed Cainan his successor, he died in the year of his age nine hundred and five, A. M. 1340, and was buried in the holy mountain; but according to Bishop Usher it was A. M. 1140.
(n) Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 231.

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