Genesis 5:11

11 and all the dayes of Enos were .ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F14 Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 231.

Genesis 5:11 In-Context

9 And Enos lyved .lxxxx. yere and begat kenan.
10 And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij. hundred and .xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
11 and all the dayes of Enos were .ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed.
12 And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel.
13 And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
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