Genesis 5:6

6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

Genesis 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:6

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos.
] Not that this was his firstborn, no doubt but he had other children before this time; but this is only mentioned, because it carried the lineage and descent directly from Adam to Noah, the father of the new world, and from whom the Messiah was to spring; whose genealogy to give is a principal view of this book, or account of generations from Adam to Noah.

Genesis 5:6 In-Context

4 After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

7 After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

8 Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or the ancestor of; also in 5:9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25 .