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Genesis 4:26

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 4:25-26

- XX. Sheth 25. שׁת shēt, Sheth, “placed, put.” 26. אנישׁ 'enôsh, Enosh, “man, sickly.” בשׁם קרא qero' beshēm means, first, to call an object by its name Isa 40:26; Isa 43:1; Isa 45:3-4; second, to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord - The marginal reading is, Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; which words are supposed to signify that in the time of Enos the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 4:25-26

This is the first mention of Adam in the story of this chapter. No question, the murder of Abel, and the impenitence and apostasy of Cain, were a very great grief to him and Eve, and the more because…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Enosh This word, used in Hebrew poetry, means "man," and is thus to be compared with Adam.

then began men In the Hebrew it is impersonal, "then was a beginning made." The origin of Jehovah worship is…