Genesis 5:11

11 So Enosh's life lasted 905 years; then 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 Enosh was 90 years old when he fathered Kenan.

10 Enosh lived 815 years after the birth of Kenan, and he fathered sons and daughters.

11 So Enosh's life lasted 905 years; then he died.

12 Kenan was 70 years old when he fathered Mahalalel.

13 Kenan lived 840 years after the birth of Mahalalel, and he fathered sons and daughters.