Genesis 5 · Verse 10

Genesis 5:10

And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:10, King James Version

Genesis 5:10 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBEnosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
ASVand Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
YLTAnd Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Enosh lived after he had begotten Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

What does Genesis 5:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:6-20

Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary…

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Genesis 5:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
אֱנ֗וֹשׁ'e.No.oshEnoshH583
אַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קֵינָ֔ןkei.NanKenanH7018
חֲמֵ֤שׁcha.Meshfif-H2568
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הu.she.mo.Nehand eightH8083
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃u.va.Notand daughtersH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Genesis 5:9

    And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

  • Genesis 5:10

    And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:11

    And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

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Genesis 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Enós después que engendró á Cainán, ochocientos y quince años: y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Énosh, après qu’il eut engendré Kénan, vécut 815 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Enos lebte, nachdem er Kenan gezeugt hatte, 815 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Post cujus ortum vixit octingentis quindecim annis, et genuit filios et filias.