Genesis 5:11

11 And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and (then) he was dead.

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 Forsooth Enos lived ninety years, and (then) begat Cainan;

10 after whose birth Enos lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enos were made nine hundred and five years, and (then) he was dead.

12 Also Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. (And Cainan lived seventy years, and then begat Mahalaleel.)

13 And Cainan lived after that he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.