Genesis 5:7
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:7 in other translations
| BSB | And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. |
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| WEB | Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
| ASV | and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| YLT | And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
| DARBY | And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. |
| BBE | And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters: |
| Webster | And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: |
What does Genesis 5:7 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…
Genesis 5:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 5:6
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
- Genesis 5:7
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:8
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Genesis 5:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Seth, después que engendró á Enós, ochocientos y siete años: y engendró hijos é hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Seth, après qu’il eut engendré Énosh, vécut 807 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Seth lebte, nachdem er Enos gezeugt hatte, 807 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vixitque Seth, postquam genuit Enos, octingentis septem annis, genuitque filios et filias. |