Genesis 5 · Verse 11

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Genesis 5:11, King James Version

Genesis 5:11 in other translations

BSBSo Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
WEBAll of the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
ASVand all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
YLTAnd all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.
DARBYAnd all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
BBEAnd all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.
WebsterAnd all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

What does Genesis 5:11 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 5:11 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
אֱנ֔וֹשׁ'e.No.oshEnoshH583
חָמֵ֣שׁcha.MeshfiveH2568
שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimyearsH8141
וּתְשַׁ֥עu.te.Sha'and nineH8672
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃\ \סvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191

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

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A.M. 1140. B.C. 2864. died.
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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 5:12

    And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

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Genesis 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fueron todos los días de Enós novecientos y cinco años; y murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les jours d’Énosh furent 905 ans; et il mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Tage Enos waren 905 Jahre, und er starb. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Factique sunt omnes dies Enos nongenti quinque anni, et mortuus est.