Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 5:9

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 5:9

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 5:9

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan." — Genesis 5:9 (ASV)

Enos lived ninety years. —This proves that the years could not have been mere revolutions of the moon, as some have supposed. So Cainan was only seventy years of age at the birth of his son, and Mahalaleel sixty-five. In the Septuagint no patriarch has a son until he is at least 162 years of age, so that the supposition there would be more tenable.