Bereshis 5:11

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim; and he died.

Bereshis 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.

Bereshis 5:11 In-Context

9 And Enosh lived ninety shanah, and fathered Kenan;

10 And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim; and he died.

12 And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal’el;

13 And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal’el eight hundred and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;