Genesis 5:11

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Genesis 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:11

And all the days or Enos were nine hundred and five years,
and he died.
] According to the Arabic writers ^F14, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 231.

Genesis 5:11 In-Context

9 When Enosh lived ninety years, he fathered Kenan.

10 And after Enosh fathered Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and fathered sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.

13 And after Kenan had fathered Mahalalel, he lived eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters.