Genesis 5:4
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. |
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| WEB | The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters. |
| ASV | and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. |
| YLT | And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters. |
| DARBY | And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. |
| BBE | And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters: |
| Webster | And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: |
What does Genesis 5:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:1-5
Adam was made in the image of God; but when fallen he begat a son in his own image, sinful and defiled, frail, wretched, and mortal, like himself. Not only a man like himself, consisting of body and soul, but a sinner like himself. This was the reverse of that Divine likeness in which Adam was made; having lost it, he could not convey it to his seed. Adam lived, in all, 930 years; and then died, according to the…
Genesis 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 5:4
- 1 Chronicles 1:1-3
Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- Luke 3:36-38
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- Genesis 5:10
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:7
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:19
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 11:12
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
- Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Context
- Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Genesis 5:4
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:5
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fueron los días de Adam, después que engendró á Seth, ochocientos años: y engendró hijos é hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les jours d’Adam, après qu’il eut engendré Seth, furent 800 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Tage Adams, nachdem er Seth gezeugt hatte, waren 800 Jahre, und er zeugte Söhne und Töchter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et facti sunt dies Adam, postquam genuit Seth, octingenti anni: genuitque filios et filias. |