Genesis 5:7

7 And Seth lived after that he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:7

And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and
seven years
The Septuagint version makes the same mistake in the numbers of Seth as of Adam, giving him two hundred and five years before the birth of Enos, and but seven hundred and seven years after: and begat sons and daughters;
very probably both before and after Enos was born; but how many is not said.

Genesis 5:7 In-Context

5 And all the time in which Adam lived was made nine hundred years and thirty, and he was dead. (And all the time in which Adam lived was nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.)
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and (then) begat Enos.
7 And Seth lived after that he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
8 And all the days of Seth were made nine hundred and twelve years, and (then) he was dead.
9 Forsooth Enos lived ninety years, and (then) begat Cainan;
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