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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For, [said she], God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

25. שׁת shēt — Sheth, “placed, put.”

26. אנישׁ 'enôsh — Enosh, “man, sickly.” בשׁם קרא

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

SUBSTITUTION OF SETH FOR ABEL.

Another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. —Cain, the firstborn…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Adam knew his wife again. Some from this infer that our first parents were entirely deprived of their offspring when one of their sons had…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Adam knew his wife again
The Targum of Jonathan adds, at the end of a hundred and thirty years after Abel was ki…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Our first parents were comforted in their affliction by the birth of a son, whom they called Seth, that is, “set,” “settled,” or “placed”; in his s…

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